Creation

Authors

Wendy Galgan

Files

Description

There are no stars visible from here.

Just crumbling cornices and pointed brickwork,

and the gray parchment of the midnight sky.

Too much light escapes this city,

too many streetlamps and turn signals,

too many bulbs left burning

to scatter their illumination through steel and glass

and throw a corona between the sky and us.

Publication Date

2011

Keywords

prayer narrative

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Religion

Comments

"Creation" was originally published at On Earth As It Is.

Image by Matthew Simmons.

Recommended Citation

Galgan, Wendy, "Creation" (2011). On Earth As It Is. 18.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/onearth/18