Constellations as Cathedrals Filled with Scientific Light
Beside the seashore near my childhood home
The stars are nearer, not just starlight; stars
Themselves are closer in the heavens’ dome.
It used to be that something like high haars
Divided us from Alpha Tauri. Now
Because of Cape Canaveral we can see
Our future better. We can now allow
New visions. Horoscopes cannot decree
Their sillinesses still. The facts find breath
To whisper truth. We only need to bend
Our souls to hear. Soon ignorance finds death.
A star-filled revelation will ascend.
If awe is there, the legends will become
Far ghosts and ignorance no longer thrum.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2025 | AL, AS |