Do you still use our words —
astronaut, colony, alien,
lift-off?
I, old Earthbound,
listen for you in the night,
dream you flicker behind the moon,
imagine your DNA
flowering in the endless sky.
Our machines
of fire and paint,
wood and metal,
plastic and radio waves
surge and shudder
when your eyes catch the spark
of a new star.
Julia Travers (she/her) is a writer, artist and teacher in Virginia, U.S.A. She grew up near the Chesapeake Bay and now lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Find more of her work with Fish Publishing, Rattapallax, Whurk Magazine, Ecological Citizen, OnBeing/ American Public Media, and on Twitter @traversjul.
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Julia Travers
Julia Travers is a writer, artist and teacher in Virginia, U.S.A. She grew up near the Chesapeake Bay and now lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Find more of her work with Fish Publishing, Rattapallax, _Whurk Magazine_, _Ecological Citizen_, OnBeing/ American Public Media, and on Twitter @traversjul.