It was no wonder the sky

fell into her embrace

an entire race

of goddesses and gods

springing from that soil

heroes journeying

across her surface

toiling against fickle whims

and the punishments of the gods

while that presence remained

steady in her seasons and her labors

almost unnoticed by human eyes

while the sky

spent days and nights in longing

an ancient love separated

by new history – Caroline A. Slee