I came across this poem saved in a file on my computer. It was good then and now.
Away from the glow of city lights
on a cloudless, moonless, night
have you ever looked up at the shining stars
and seen the space between?
Have you ever seen the space between the stars?
the dark from which they all emerged
to which they will all return,
The vast dark space that holds them in relationship,
as tiny points of moving light.
Have you ever seen the space between the stars?
Have you ever heard the space between the words?
the silence from which they all emerged,
to which they will all return.
The silent space that holds them in relationship,
as tiny specks of frozen thought,
Have you ever heard the space between the words?
Have you ever felt the space between us all?
The void from which we all emerged,
to which we will all return.
The love filled space that holds us in relationship,
as tiny specks of human life.
Have you ever felt the space between us all?
Have you ever sensed the space within yourself?
The emptiness from which you emerged,
to which you will return.
The still deep space that holds you in relationship,
a tiny part of all that is.
Have you ever sensed the space within yourself?
Have you ever seen the space between the stars?
– Philip Sheppard