Midnight in the high desert The sun’s heat has dissipated And it is blessedly cool I throw back my head To see the Milky Way Halogen-bright Against a sky spattered with stars Unimaginable numbers of suns Of galaxies and nebulae And I am so small But the heart that beats Inside my chest is full With the joy Of merely being here On this blue-green earth Under this miracle of sky And I dance To the music of the universe That pulses through my veins