Twinkle Twinkle

We are online, space walking, lights blinking, not plugged-in or unplugged, but burning bright in the endless night umbilical threads waving within a space-wide Net. Together we hum on the far side of a glowing solar plexus. Often we wonder, wonder what we are? Do the stars twinkle or is it us, are we connected to a nexus of sparking flames and what is that alien ringing, are they tiny bells tinkling from beyond the beyond? Are we that twinkling of a forest fire, its bright branches enlightening the darkest silence and are we now the tinder or fire-starters?