“Powerful gushers of energy from seething stars can sculpt eerie-looking figures with long, flowing veils of gas and dust. One striking example is “the Ghost of Cassiopeia,” officially known as IC 63, located 550 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia the Queen.” Image Credits: NASA, ESA and STScI; Acknowledgment: H. Arab (University of Strasbourg)

Open the window of time. . .

on a dancing breeze

sail away into night’s ocean

there dark angels laugh

and breathe fire-clouds,

their slow rhythms linger

in brilliant fevered air

coloring eternity with magic

(almost)

and haunted,

life flowers—foolish, secret, sacred.

You see this only after,

and remembering,

ask if.

I consulted the Oracle earlier this morning. It’s only a bit after 9 AM, and I feel like so much has already happened today. But it’s all just a blink in time.