The Orion Nebula
(in memory of June Morrall)
“It’s as if someone
tore through the paper of the sky,
showing the light beyond.”
He has put away his telescope,
has come in with cold cheeks
and starry eyes.
He is describing the Orion nebula.
But I am thinking of her,
how she would greet you like a sister,
with such familiarity you might turn
and look behind you
to make sure it was you she meant.
What with the fog and the trees,
you can’t always see the stars here
and of course to see the nebula
the night must be quite dark.
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