Millennium

Now, when Cygnus rules the sky
And Vega’s solemn winking eye
From overhead frowns reprimand
On difficult- to-understand
Mankind, I sit alone, perturbed.
Will his wild downhill flight be curbed
When man outgrows his selfish curse,
And knows–and loves–God’s Universe?

by Ray Romine Sunday, March 19, 1950