All at Once

You know, it’s not just

That your eyes catch light

From light years away,

If you tilt your head

At some starry night—

Your skin’s being brushed

By the constant waves

Of photons that sink

In you to vanish

From so many times,

Each one of those stars

At a vast distance

From each other one,

So that the near pasts,

Middle, and deep pasts,

The lights traveling

Since you were a child,

The lights traveling

Since such words like stars

Were first passed around,

The lights traveling

Since the pyramids,

Since bipeds, since life,

Since sun, are landing

On you, all at once.