I saw the earth as a moon-like globe Outside my window, shower window. No gla** impaired my sight this night As a vision pulled my ear, "Come out here." All the atmosphere had shattered And fell in fragments like dark gla** from the sky. No one can say, none can detail Where droplets splashed and shards rushed maddened. Everything was a shade of blue, Round and grand and blue, So close, I had to check what planet I was on. How radiant the sphere appeared! Glowing water waved a mirror. Long points of white turned the earth with sparkling hums. The continents seemed a little fuzzy As they throbbed in their green pattern. I stretched my arms to their expanse, So round, so bold, So feeling and yet small. Through this night I could fly Past all wintery fences high, Alone for miles around. Am I too far above ground? The motion pulled, so where's too far?