Stuff of Dreams

in Neptune's sky where Triton floats
Uranus shines as we make notes
in our minds, so far away
from the Earth...we cannot stay

longer than the time it takes
to synthesize what Neptune makes
as we descend into the air
sparkling blue and everywhere

then rising back into deep space
towards the Sun and Earth we race
passing Saturn, on to Mars
with pale blue Earth among the stars

calling to the inner one
the always shining, like the Sun,
blazing glory deep within
to wake again from where we've been

on a pillow in a room
late at night with light of Moon
all is normal, so it seems
Neptune is the stuff of dreams