Just a sliver
Of the beautiful moon
Can be seen
In the brightly dark sky.
The stars shine
With a magnificence
And keep alive
The otherwise dark sky.
For timeless hours
On a grassy hill
I can gaze
Into the depths of the heavens.
Hardly moving
Hardly breathing
Feeling alive
Feeling complete
Yet just a sliver
Of the whole.
by
Kiersten
copyright October 14, 1999