Star Dust

Those rare dazzling moments
when we are open to the sheer
wonder of the Universe,
those moments when we are
intimately aware that
we are composed of star dust,

those moments are fleeting.
Seeking those moments and
straining to stretch them out,
make our moment of connection
last just a bit longer,
that’s what the spirit strives for.

Each time we stretch those
delicate wings of the soul,
they grow stronger; able
to carry us farther, to greater
heights, perhaps even

soaring us back to that moment
of ultimate connection
when we can feel the shimmering
atoms of the stars themselves
glowing within our flesh.

~Flame RavenHawk
   June 8, 1999