Planet

Planet

I've gravitated into orbit

A solar system now filled with thousands

I've looked into the star

Bright

Burning

The aura of a ghost behind

seared into my mind's eye

I see that halo now

That white shadow

It matters not

if fire storms burst through surface

if warmth embraces

Shine attracts

Gold improves with time

The heat of joys gone

and pleasures yet to come

Memories captured in a glow

not a part of

yet now connected

to the light

on both sides

June 25, 2002

Tressa Lee Breen