Looking at the same star

After returning
from the Baltic archipelago
I row in the stillness,
of the lake at dusk,
black-throated loon
whistling and wailing
at a distance

in the western sky
Jupiter and Venus
side-by-side
seemingly moving
towards each other

”I will also look out the window
into the darkness here
and look at the stars
maybe you and I will look
at the same star
and think about the very same thing”