Tribute | Grief | Poetry

A Prayer for You, James G Brennan

Fill the night sky with your eloquent prose

Night sky —photo taken by author from an apartment balcony in inner Melbourne, Australia — looking north-west towards James G Brennan’s home in Thailand.

I stand here
at the balcony
of a place
unfamiliar
and let the night sky
close in and
embrace me

oh, how I ponder
and pray
to the heavens
Where are you, James?
Surely you’re there yonder
among the stars
and the stardust
an eternity of dreams
unfathomable black holes
you delved in so deep
Andromeda Alpha Centauri
Greek mythology
their mysteries revealed
reborn in a new galaxy

Do you feel it, James?
the gravitational pull-push
the pulse of the universe
alive, electrified
in bright kelly green
the stage is all set
drums beat for you
the string ‘round your toe
keeps you on course