Six Notebooks

The stars and the northern lights
Are there, as they have been
For billions of years, give or
Take an eternity, and they will be
Again, tomorrow, for billions of years
Give or take an eon
That the clouds intervene
Between myself and them
Or that the sun
Between sunrise and sunset
Shines too brightly for
Me to witness
Does not alter this
So I sit in this place, in this time
Patreksfjordur One AM, two thousand twenty three
Years of Common Counting
(to my particular group of people)
Since an event that may or may not
Have taken place
Asking
…
…
What is my original face
…
…
…
Before my parents were born

PWS 2023.09.06