There’s a first time/frozen/standing in stiff hard boots/I tried to master the ability to stand up/all over again/without the supreme confidence/ of a new toddler/that somebody/somewhere/would not let me fall

Like the paper mobiles we made/the solar system perched/ in a shoe box/or a diorama/we’d like to think/we control the starscape/the cool beauty plumbed/remains elusive/remains/silvered distant/if not beyond our reach/mystery proves what we can know/fragile in victory/we race on