When your eyes
Pause on the ball
That hangs on the third branch from the star

You remember why it is dark
And why it gets light again


The earth like the hearts
Slopes in its seat
And like that it travels

Along an elliptical path
Drawn into the darkness


An unpolished pearl
In the sky black palm of hands
Flickering sun flame


And then you remember
That you yourself

You are a light bearer, a light bearer
Receiving radiance from others
Flickering sun flame

Unpolished earth
In the palm of hands