Paused

At the deep shelf of night
a niche
a cubby-hole of stillness

Somewhere a hunt is on
somewhere there is death and feeding
but in this hollow mouth of the cosmos
you can rest
within your eyes
be not stung blind by any blood hungers

Here you can sleep on a bed of starlight
forget yourself
and this lovely savage planet

Everywhere there is a kind of peace
as the mind watches itself
looking
just looking
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