In the Jar

"She has 

a galaxy in a jar. 

She watches it at night 

when she's supposed to be asleep, 

marvels at the miniscule worlds, 

orbiting glitter-speck stars. 

And the beings: 

patiently carving roads, 

inventing the wheel, 

learning to fly. 

She smiles, 

and sometimes 

she shakes the jar."

Laurel Winter