The best men and women
in this life are not the
holy
or the righteous. They
are not
found in the
church or temple.
We live in a world
where religious
virtue
is conflated with
bigotry, racism,
and hatred.
Only the godless are truly
good.
star-filled night;
nothing moves except
that satellite
the starry expanse
disturbed by silent shadows
asteroids fly past
infants wrapped
sheets of gas billow
stellar nursery
sunken space station;
an old toy discarded
by Russian politics
V-formation
Canadian Geese
and Superman
sum of the whole is
greater than the parts —
symbiosis
teleported
to an alternate universe —
looks the same
tentacles retreat as
host refuses symbiote —
inferior stock
The stars, like dust
in the wind —
fingers can’t touch
Ron Sparks is a technology professional, science fiction and fantasy author and poet living in Munich, Bavaria. His latest book "ONI: Satellite Earth Series Book 1" is available on Amazon.com.