In the Smithsonian
I read about
a new telescope
that will allow scientists
to virtually explore
twenty billion galaxies.
I picture Star Trek
on steroids.
And here
we are yet unable
to figure out intelligently,
heartfully,
how to adequately
take care of our one.
This poem first appeared in Your Daily Poem.
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Carolyn Chilton Casas lives on the central coast of California. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies including The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal. Carolyn is a Reiki master and teacher who often explores ways of healing in her articles written for magazines in several countries. More of her work can be found on Facebook or Instagram and in her newest collection of poetry, Under the Same Sky.
