Sky

I lie awake and wonder
How the universe was made,
And how the planets rotate
On axes well-behaved.
I float in eons of space
With their myriad of suns,
That fuel a million lifetimes
Through which the comet runs.
I sail the dark and silence,
But enlightened now and then
By passing stars that burn bright
Until spent and ashen.
I pass the point of sky realms,
Farewelling galaxies known.
My soul will now sail onward
Where life and death I own.