Venus



I thought, at first
You mocked us - 
Shining like a nursery rhyme 
Over our dirt-covered rooftops. 
But you simply said:
'I'm here too. 
The star system is bigger than you.'
And from behind my glass,
I saw that we are far
But not
Isolated.



C. LJ Ireton 2020

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