Noctis Georgii

Clusters of One Noctis Georgii ANDREA COPP

He broke free from the moon,

slipping past gravity,

tumbling through space for millions of years.

Star-dust clung to him,

the sky etched across his surface.

One night, while collecting stones along the seashore,

I heard a thud

and saw steam rise at the edge of the shoreline.

That’s where I found him:

a soft fragment of the cosmos

walking toward me,

filled with light and dreams.

I picked him up

and carried him home.