Nix
Pluto’s moons. The moon Nix is named after the Greek goddess of the night. Image credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI) and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team.
In the last narrows
of the last cave
she
unattainable
slips into the shadows
no, is the shadows.
Can you discern her frame
from the other shades
of darkness
as you dive
the long slow dive
like a descending leaf
towards her?
Is she beautiful?
Is she shapely?
Is she beautiful
she who quivers
in the cold corners
wrapped in black sky
beaded sparsely with stars?
Is she beautiful
she who out of sheer
restlessness
begets Sleep
and finally
Death?
particles
of light
~
admire
darkness
~
her
beauty