COSMIC CAMPFIRE
IS THE PERFECT PLACE
BY SCHYLEEN QUALLS
COSMIC CAMPFIRE IS A MAGICAL SPACE
A GRAND COSMIC LIVING ROOM
BEYOND CLASSROOMS AND ZOOMROOMS
AND CITY NEIGHBORHOODS
WHERE NO STARS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT SKY
COSMIC CAMPFIRE IS THE PERFECT PLACE
FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF YOUNG HIDDEN STARS
TO DANCE THROUGH THE UNIVERSE
GLIDE THROUGH THE GALAXIES
AND IMAGINE UPWARD TRAJECTORIES
FOR THEIR OWN LIVES
COSMIC CAMPFIRE IS WHERE
BOYS AND GIRLS WILL MEET BRILLIANT SUPERSTARS
WHO LOOK JUST LIKE THEMSELVES
AND SAY “ YES, THAT’S GOING TO BE ME!”
AND OPEN WIDE THIEIR INNERMOST; DOORS
AS THEY DREAM OF BECOMING
ASTRONAUTS, ASTROPHYSICISTS, ASTRONOMERS
AND MORE
