Elation : Final Draft (For Now!)

 

Elevation

My carbon fibre beanstalk 

Climbs up to the giants 

Brooding beyond the clouds.

I am a flourish of Nature

The momentum of the moment

Tied to the globe with gossamer thread

A string that plays one note

Rising from the welling of the deep

The air slowly thins

The heartbeat of the world

Vibrates into silence.

I reach geostation

In the shadow of the Earth

A sign of intelligent life

Tethered to my little box of warmth

Floating in a cold sky.

Now I am held in the angels' path

The wind of lights

The curtains of the north

At the pause of gravity.

In the plenitude of stars -

Great eyes may be upon us -

Are we common, rare, unique?

My one eye is open,

Plumbs beyond the shadow,

Casts out lines of sight

Back, back to the origins of space and time.