Theo Meteoroi

You stared out into night skies

and could not find the lion or swan

the eagle or ram, Orion or the bear

You wanted to believe – you wanted to see the magic

you thought maybe you were blind or

maybe you were not spiritual enough

You argued with the Theoi Meteoroi and

questioned who gave ancient Greeks the right

to name the stars and constellations

You wondered if the Chinese and the African

called out into the night to different myths and

what names the stars answered to in the Mohave Desert

Once you tried to connect the stars

like numbered dots on a page

but the dots were not numbered

Everyone laughed at what you traced suspended in sky

you thought maybe your brain was broken or

maybe there was nothing out there at all

2-2-20