for Jupiter & Nicolaus...

 

i.

 

And should her moon

enter your room,

 

take her gently in your arms...

 

and

in his eyes you see

eternity

 

and a gentleness that charms.

 

 

ii.

 

What is it

that brought them so close?

 

Was it the threat

of a bushfire reaching outer suburbs?

 

A meteor collision in Russia?

 

Or just two souls

seeking connection

 

and a beautiful, brief union?

 

 

iii.

 

Tonight, seeing

the Moon & Jupiter together,

 

he thinks of her,

and that wonderful tumble from grace;

 

Her ankles on his shoulders

as he moved inside her cosmic swell,

 

a gentle hand touching his face.

 

 

iv.

 

Hey Red / Jupiter:

 

You may be the largest

in the Solar System,

 

and fifth planet from the Sun;

 

but take comfort

in knowing

 

that you were

always

 

Lunar's favourite!!

 

 

 

(c) Brent M Harpur, 2013.

 

 

- For Nicolaus Copernicus,

  Happy 540th Birthday!!

 



 

"The Earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle." (Nicolaus Copernicus)

 

"More stars in the North are seen not to set, while in the South certain stars are no longer seen to rise." (Nicolaus Copernicus)

 

"Guess I thought I could never feel the things I feel."

  (Tori Amos, 'Hey Jupiter'.)