Stargazer

Alone—

but not lonely,

I gaze up at

the universe.

 

Cosmos spread

across a

dark

sky.

 

Orion’s belt

stationed

across from

the moon.

 

Voices ricochet

off surrounding walls.

Swallowed up

by darkness.

 

Human noises,

a distracting din.

Communal noises,

of a temporary community.

 

Comfort drawn not from

the white noise,

but from the vast

dark space—

which

hangs heavy

with the weight of a thousand

stars.