At play in the ocean of night

When do the sun and the night sky meet?
Not just at the end of the day,
but also whenever the light is reflected
in an ocean, a lake,
a puddle, a pond --
Whenever the water's a deep sea blue,
like the sky at the end of the day,
and the object reflected is glowing like love --
that's when the sun and the night sky meet.

And the world rejoices as the colors swirl
through the light and the dark parts of day
which glitter and gleam
and then actually seem
like unmeetable edges have finally touched;
a connection is made,
a light wave is shared,
and the sun rejoices in her own reflected children,
the rays of light that run off to the ocean
to dance with the oil slicks and tickle the otters
who frolic and play in the ocean of night.


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