Same Sun
The same sun that warmed my skin today…
Same Sun
The same sun
that warmed my skin today
lit your part of the world
as well—
not the same photons, of course,
but all of them were born
out there
not far from one another
and shot through space
to end up on this ball,
where little beings
of soot and dew
looked up,
drew hope from them,
and wondered if
their lives meant anything.
The photons
splashed on them
and didn’t care.
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