Pale Blue

In Memory of Carl Sagan

his pale blue
sense of wonder
suspended
in a sunbeam

taught beauty in
the faint sensation
of our atoms
put together.

a legacy of
dust and stars
billions upon billions
of stars

I saw the sky and
endless possibility
stretch over me like
broken shackles
form the past

and we remain the
momentary masters
of a fraction
of a dot.

© Ben Ditmars 2014

“Carl Sagan – 1980” by PBS – ebay. Via Wikipedia.

An Italian Sonnet for Neville Longbottom

He clutched his remembrall though he’d rather

Forget the pain his parents felt for him

Until the point their minds went blank and dim,

Leaving him a legacy to gather.

Grandma didn’t help forget the matter

Nor Hogwarts teachers with assessments grim

Always finding the poor boy’s magic slim

With nerves and skill in hopeless scatter.

Neville transformed, matured with love from friends

Overcoming older, more skilled wizards

Living up to those who gave their sanity,

Health, devotion, past, futures and wits end,

He sliced Nagini’s head off with a sword

And helped Harry Potter save humanity.