Approaching The Veil, Scientifically

Eyes like stars sparkle and die

and cycle into new stars, new eyes.

The answer is outside our window.

Astronomers look

for the beginning

and find there is no end.

Down to earth

there are frozen lines,

winter trees,

stalled cars in dirty snow,

sorrow over endings.

The real world is through the window,

infinite, ageless.

Though a clear veil

keeps us distant,

the soul of what

we can never prove

keeps us close.

Belinda Subraman