the sun hangs
in fiery splendor
a jewel in the heavens
outshining them all
each pulse fueled
by sunspots, ferried
by the solar wind
burrows its way through darkness
eons of atoms are carried along—
a pathway connecting all things
brightens our skies
warms the dirt that gives us form
making each molecule dance, sparking
atomic rebirth
as fingers of green course
their way to the surface
until Helios embraces the sea
Trish Shields
