Archipelago

Out from the vortex

the archipelago of our 

friendship 

has risen

each of us an island 

forged in the 

subterranean fire

out of the same substance 

as one another.

We are made 

from the dust of stars

and the blood of the earth 

we have come up

through the black sea 

to form a chain

all of us bound together

by a common cause

to laugh and speak

and gather together 

listening to the music

under the trees

in the river water

of our shared voices.

When the sun comes up 

we’ll scatter ourselves 

around the table

or travel across the 

infinite void

to join together 

just “as the stars emerge

to meet each other“

we have returned 

to this conjunction 

of our separate planets.

Photo by NASA, Aegean Sea

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