We stand in the present
and gaze at the sky,
witness stars of living history
whose time has passed us by;
to which is the future
and which the past,
the light that travels to us
or the light that we have cast?
Peter Davis
Peter has been writing poetry for twenty years and been published in various magazines/journals. He has long had an interest in the contemplative and explorative relationship of poetry as complement to scientific endeavour, inspired by meetings with and the work of many leading scientists and thinkers in universities and other academic institutions in the UK. He currently works in healthcare.
Photo credit: Gulan Bollsay
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