Conversation With Space Junk

I backpacked a chair
to the top of a hill
far away
from the city
 one thermos had Earl Grey tea
another black coffee and
a flask of the good
for
the wee hours
of morning
 
with the city lights in the distance
the universe was
mine to gaze upon
 
settled in the cool night air
Earl Grey tea and Blueberry bun
I saw something fly past
that was not officially there
it was
a weather balloon
ball lightening
space junk
reflection of the moon on a cloud
 
after I seen it
I spiked a second cup
grabbed my glass and was looking up
 
as a small fire ball
stopped
on its fall
 and
hovered in space
heard someone’s heart race
mine
it 
like a picture of a mine
 looked like metal but
seemed to be stone
it glowed on the edges
 
my telescope put me there
in the air
so close
 
then it turned
and burned a
 path across the sky in the blink of an eye
it went blur
it was there
it was here
 
so close I felt the heat
 
felt the heat
think I wet my pants
no
it was spilled tea
 
I could hear as
someone walked
down path of light
night air crackled in step
 
might have ran
but had no strength
no will
I
felt safe
 
heard a voice with a familiar tone
a hand passed me a stone
 
too many
words
too fast
at first
 
questions answered
and questions asked
 
hours passed
I wondered where is
the sun
 
according to my watch
it was late
 
he laughed as he ate
a Blue berry bun
sipped Earl Grey tea
said to me
he travels between time
within a Nova-field
made from a piece of a Neutron star
in 10,000 years man will go far
 
all around us
time stood still
when he left
I waited on the hill
for sunrise
just in case
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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