Celestial Renaissances
New stars are born from those that die
as pearly revenants on high
to occupy the vaulted sky
stelliferous to earthly eye.
When Sun shall lose its healing glow
that shines upon our world below
as star which turns a further page
and passes sunny sequence stage
to nebula emission be
enriching the galactic sea,
will novel star a system make
where other beings can awake?
Stelliferous to earthly eye,
to occupy the vaulted sky
new stars are born from those that die
as pearly revenants on high.
Could birth and death keep rhythmic pace
while stars arise in cosmic space
embroidered into stellar lace
as state of grace moves place to place
for planets plenteously rife
to foster some domestic life
amidst the e’er mercurial
dynamic forms figurial?
To occupy the vaulted sky
stelliferous to earthly eye,
new stars are born from those that die
as pearly revenants on high.
Might we somehow dimensions share
with any sentient sorts out there
in sensibility and sense
within the myriad immense
whose evolution far outran
that of the species known as Man
for peaceful coexistent ways
throughout their livelong nights and days?
As pearly revenants on high
to occupy the vaulted sky
stelliferous to earthly eye,
new stars are born from those that die.
~ Harley White
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Elements of a pantoum are interspersed throughout the poem.
Copyright © Harley White | Year Posted 2021
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