Universe

By Steven Schnur
Up beyond the
Night sky, an
Indigo darkness like
Velvet
Embraces the farthest
Reaches of the mind,
Sun, moon, stars,
Everything.
Copyright Credit: Steven Schnur, "Universe" from Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic. Copyright © 1997 by Steven Schnur. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Source: Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic (Houghton Mifflin, 1997)