Dust

To a stone, dirt on the ground is a speck of dust.

From the tower of the church, a stone is dust.

From Belfast, the Cathedral is dust.

From the Moon, Armagh is dust.

From Jupiter, Northern Ireland is dust.

From the Sun, the Earth is dust.

From the edge of the galaxy, the Sun is dust.

From the far reaches of space, the galaxy is dust.

Yet without those speks, everyone of them,

The whole would be incomplete.


By John McAllister

 International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node