Star Trek

You sail across the black sea of nothing

You’re shot at by shooting stars

You’ve seen the suns at their birthing

And you carry their burns and scars

 

I know you must have thought of my heart

As the seven-jeweled constellation afar

As it grew fiercer and less beautiful in part

Furious flames yet your way bar

 

You’ve travelled many galaxies

We are many light-years apart

But does distance separate us, or time?

Do you think you had a head-start?

 

Perspective of measured distance lost

But are you just as lost in time?

You can’t tell if you think of me or yourself

But the thoughts still are always mine

 

You’ve gone where no one else has been

You keep going, you know no rest

But you can’t retrace a second in time

Or know what you will be thinking next

 

You’ve seen all colours that are to be seen

All the magic in the black sea of nothing

But did you find what could set you free?

In this black sea of everything

 

Angry supernovas have baptized you?

Do dying white dwarves give you hope?

Did you yet see the poetry in the universe?

And did you finally get the joke?

 

 

Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

A fine poem that takes you in another direction as the title suggests.. a poem with lots of good rhymes, fine structure, metaphorically strong -. good one.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Star trek was my favorite T.V. show, so the title caught my attention but the write took me in another direction, wow nicely describes these journeys and what we find, I have to say I like how this piece comes together, over all it left me to ponder.
Excellent write.

[An owl on the moon]

This is a richly painted, dark journey across the night skies... into those mysteries of the world and the universe... songs that sing out across the stars... A true delight to travel there through your words.

[MOON]

This is truly beautiful been around the world and seen nothing.