Give psychology its due
but inner work is more about
astronomy

the study of the universe

universes
in general

laws, discoverable
movements, inexorable
some as small
    as a dog’s bark

others vast
the collision of galaxies:

dogs mix with stars,
barks with atmospheres.
But the sounds are mere fiction
at the edge of the churning matter.

Although I know there’s no sense
in deciding which things
are too small to carry

I begin anyway
in the past
trying to catch up.

The gases expand
each second
moving less.

Time becomes uncountable.
Still I count.