Imagining stars (Vol 2 No 21)
Imagining stars (Vol 2 No 21)
When, at night, the stars shine on usLight years* from our tiny earth,Songs and psalms provoke the questionsOf our fragile human worth. These gigantic specks are burning,Balls of fire, as at play;Stars in billions share their light andThus create a Milky Way**. We still gaze in raw amazement,Contemplating timeless space;Numberless, the stars keep storiesHidden from our human race. Tiny holes in heaven’s flooringLetting light beyond shine through;Stars invite us to imagineWhat it is we cannot view. Myst’ry strides across the canvasOf the picture we might paint;Sacredness is grandly present;Let us praise without restraint.
* One light year is a measure of distance. It is 180,000 by 1.6 by 60 by 60 by 24 by 365 approximately 9,082,368,000,000 kilometres.
** Our Milky Way, just one galaxy amongst billions, has between 200 and 400 billions stars in it, the oldest of which is estimated to be 13.2 billion years old.
Tune Stuttgart AHB 200,216,265,447 TiS 272,291,349
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