Headline Poem 7/17/14 -- stargazers

There's a lot going in in the world... particularly violence in Israel and Palestine, so much so that I am unable (tonight at least) to categorize or reflect on it too much. This is an example of a time when I feel completely disconnected and even spoiled. People, children, are dying and I'm drinking Vanilla Lattes. All of this reminds me of the simplicity of stargazing -- where everything is the same size up there regardless of how small things feel down here. 

stargazers 

stargazers seek truth 

   regardless of 

  how small    things    feel 

         down here 

    and 

are 

      willing 

 to breathe in 

     

   the 

       darkness 

in order to

          find it.