The Universe be my Castle

A rugged pearl,

Suspended in the sky,

Battered from the stares

Of time,

Broken from the battles

Of the heavens,

My arms raise up

Letting my purple

Sleeves

Fall to my shoulders,

Fingers extended,

Gently grazing

The white luminosity

Floating

In a sea of stars

My fingertips

Brush it

Sending a million ripples,

Sailing away

On the canvas of night,

Like a banner

Waving its patriotic pride

Each smaller circlet closes,

Opening a wider ripple

In its stead

A moat,

Running around the incandescent

Moon,

Spreading wide and wider

Till the entire universe

Is encompassed

In protection.

-Lillian Podlog