among the planets and the stars

you know very well
that there are stars
in the sky

and planets
among them.

so even though your hands
can not reach
that high

in a dream
you fly happily
over there.

you want the moon
to be
the cradle of that dream

and you
a child who wanders
through those highs;

a child
among those planets
and the stars

who knows that the world
is only
a small toy--

a truly small toy
in the arms
of
the universe.










© Tom Del Braco