An orphaned planet was discovered
floating through space with no light,
no life.
Starlight can shine below the visual
threshold of the human eye.
As a boy I would watch Orion
from the outdoor patio
while my parents drank.
Eventually our own sun
will expand to incinerate
Mercury and Venus at least.
Of Orion the central star of his sword
is the Orion Nebula. Not a star at all.