Bioluminescent Creatures

by Zebulon Huset

The universe is inky
and opaque.
Nothing only very
very occasionally

punctuated by
something of interest
like the ruminant
vibrations of light,
gaseous clouds,
background radiation.

Terrestrial darkness
is just as daunting,
whether mine or cave
or the deepest of
deep sea trenches —

gravity pushes
on us all and struggle
as I might, I can’t
find a color or glint
of acknowledgement
as its ever–present
thumb crushes us.

But, what I’m really
really saying
is that I’m clam-
happy to be glowing
by your side.