Simon Spartalian

A sea of apertures

[Photo of Apollo 11 Moon landing.]

Sometimes, revolution.

we float
buoyed by a sea of apertures
beneath which vast canyons of knowledge
gaze back
waiting for the fulfillment of our agency

in wait
bearing the carriage of our conscience
ghosts fill this machine

this is a choice
you depart and i arrive
echoed footsteps and
the persistence of vision
conjoined with your momentum