From the Stars

By Maristella Tagliaferro

IMAGE: Armando Mazzeo, Tree as protagonist in the Night – photograph, 2024

Every Tree
is Stardust
rearranged
by Sunlight,
carbon originated
by ancient,
powerful Supernovae.

It is a flow of energy
converted into structure,
it is Cosmic history
compressed into wood:
by releasing oxygen
it sustains the Life
of every organism.

Our Bodies too
are composed
of carbon
arriving from the Stars:
we can dance Joyfully
the perennial renewal,
in fluidity.

Love Joy Gratitude

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