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Follow the stars in their Way
Accompany them on their course
Unperturbed
To sense the universe entire –
Aeons that precede – infinity that follows
Allow this interstellar ‘Water Wheel’
To serve you as a series
Of filters purifying to a mist
Thoughts that may be holding you enmeshed –
Day’s superfluous failings
Errors of disappointment
Cumulative-pervasive
Magnified beyond their human scale
Until they form a caste upon the eye
Refracting regular vision –
Rinse your vision clean
When evening softens the sky
Setting your gaze on the stars –
Then take yourself to space
Take space for yourself at last
Open to the higher heavens’ regions –
Whose astronauts expressed
On seeing planet earth from outer space
‘A wake-up call of calm exhilaration’
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Bernard Saint
Illustration: Claire Palmer
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