Conjunction

By Peter Halstead

Find and free your special powers:
Find them in the scent of flowers;

Find them written on your car;
Find them hidden in a jar;

Find them where they weren’t before:
In the sky or on the floor;

They are larger than you think—
On the shelf or in the sink;

Sometimes nearby, sometimes far:
First there’s nothing, then a star;

As after night’s initial doubt,
The entire universe comes out.

January 3rd, 2021