Time Reclaimed

Reaching for the universe

 fate extends a hand

Shortcut to Andromeda

  route at its command

The speed of light exceeded

all flashes turn inside

To burn and bend eternal

where life no longer dies

Each star laid out before me

 whose orbits spin and weave

Their presence all revealing

what black holes can’t retrieve 

Inside there are no limits

or borders to constrain

The words forever calling

in voices—time reclaimed 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)