Image: a railway platform with the words MIND THE GAP painted for the
benefit of those alighting from the train, so that the letters are upside-down
from the perspective of those waiting to board the train.
Now is the season for journeys home by train
(it has been too long)
An early start, cold brightness in the air:
the dawn is on its way
with healing,
unfurls resplendent wings across the Sky.
The winter sun will rise in time,
trace its low arc, as if to wed itself to Earth
and not be parted for the world.
A humble crown.
It’s shining will not overcome the moon
today, as long as it is Day; as yet
bright Venus cries ‘Prepare!’
He must increase
I, disappear.
Passengers a-lighting,
please mind the gap
between permanence and beauty
between greatness and glory.
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