The Milky Way Bar

Space candy via Meta AI

Look through any window 

Past your own reflection—

Contemplate the endless night.

Note the comforting moon.

Stars come into focus.

Constellations form their patterns:

We give names to the shapes;

Our minds fill in the blanks.

They’ve discovered sugar in space—

The building blocks of life!

Did sugar come from Earth

Or did it float on “down” to us

Like sprinkles from a cake?

Either way it’s so nice

To know the universe is sweet.

You can close the window,

Walk away from the night,

And create your own confection.

~*~

Written for John Holton’s Writer’s Workshop (window) and dVerse Poets Pub (night), and inspired by a news article on a recent discovery in space.