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By Pam Eastlick (adult)
Mangilao, Guam

The Sun has made me blind.
I can see my cats
But not their body heat.

I can listen to the radio
But I cannot see the radio waves.

My eyes are Sun-eyes.
Honed by evolution's fine scalpel
They see only the Sun's peak.
400 to 700 nanometers
Of other wavelengths I see nothing.

Be My Eyes

Show me
Tree heat
Algae blooms
Ancient cities long forgotten.

Then Turn Outward.
Show me

The belching burps of baby stars
A galaxy's beating heart.
Wispy remnants of stellar death.

SHOW ME LIFE.

Show me my future among the stars.

The poet also sent a longer version of this poem, not entered in the Cosmic Poetry contest.
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