midnight, mountains and ada limón in space

awake way past midnight

through the long night the starlight
lays soft across the window
is it any wonder that in my heart
I sometimes still feel young

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Breaking down the mountains.

Moving water can wear down rock and so
even a mountain gives way with time.
The sun and heat can take the water
down to vapor and memory.
What, here on earth, lasts forever?
Just the w…