In the instant vision
I saw the way your touch
took its place
in the work of restoring
the radiating order —
how it gave everyone
a key thing they needed
to relax in inner peace
and look up

I saw it as a token
for how we each
will find our place
and fill in the grand design.
Broken filaments will twine themselves
back together
and the whole world
will light up.

©Wendy Mulhern
January 4, 2020