A Distant Mindscape
Oh dream, dream of things most celestial I say
and travel universes where anything may be
listen to the music of the spheres in Time’s lee
and paint nebula with the colors of creation in play
Put rings around an empty moon, a curving shadow
that becomes a Cheshire grin on a cratered face
and race the stars and dare them to keep your pace
even as you in all fairness, do a giant comet tow
Collect stardust in a ball, roll it around the void a bit
until a new planet you create, and leave to float there
a surprise you can find later, and rework it with care
and see what odd things it has collected in its orbit
Watch galaxies spin in shapes as complex as a dream
and different as individual souls lit from within by grace
and you just begin to understand about your own place
amid this wonder, and who placed you here I’ll deem
Rejoice in mysteries you explore in gentle dreams each night
amazed at the landscape of your inner self so rich and full
where nothing is impossible, and the common is made null
the land of magic within us all, visible to our inner sight
Oh my, this is exquisite, so rich with imagery!!