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5.​ ​On this night, i wonder (Joseph​’​s questions)

from Blessed is the Man by Dale Carl Fredrickson

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On this night, i wonder (Joseph’s questions)

nine months long
i wonder
as the sun falls
behind the hills
as i lay beside you
between us
a cool distance
are we fallen stars
or something else?

nine months long
i wonder
as the sun falls
behind the hills
as i lay beside you
morning sicknesses
your skin stretches
shall we share
one more snack?
while you snore
i smile
are you dreaming
about this unlikely child?
is he a constellation?
even as you sleep
my queen
your face is beaming
will i ever understand?

nine months long
i wonder
as the sun falls
behind the hills
as i lay beside you
am i an icy comet
callous and indifferent?
how have i missed this
sparkling in your eyes
my brave fiancée
have you gifted
the moon a body
the sun a home to rest?
as planets of the universe
hold their breath
how long will you carry
the weight
of light and darkness?











nine long months
i wonder
as the sun falls
behind the hills
as i lay beside you
is your womb
the breaking dawn
a growing universe
of affection?
are you the mother
of creation
where connection
and communion
are born?
is your baby son
a supernova
curving space and time
cosmic dust that unsettles
and outshines?
is he a searchlight
a sunbeam
a light house
that seeks and finds
can he seek and find?
women whose tears never end
men who bury their hearts
the greedy the blood thirsty
the carelessness
of daughters and sons
the ignorance
of kings and kingdoms
will he seek and find
will he seek and find
the wondering ones?



on this night
i wonder
as the sun falls
behind the hills
as i lay beside you
from your body
the newborn is nursing
a mother and a son
sacred lanterns
beautiful ones
will I ever understand?
is knowing you
an act of vulnerability
an exposing of oneself to
a horizon of unknowns
a cosmos that is far and wide
and forever opening?
is this the great mystery:
the more i love you
the more i love this star child
the one who seeks and finds
my eyes are blinded
by promises of wonder
and the beauty of the world?

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from Blessed is the Man, released July 24, 2020

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Dale Carl Fredrickson Denver, Colorado

Dale is a poet from Denver, Colorado. He’d like to inspire the entire world but finds that inspiring himself and his family and friends is work enough. He writes and speaks about beauty and misery and his favorite story is the one about how love surprises us in the end. He fails a lot. On his best days, he lives by Samuel Beckett’s motto, “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ... more

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