The stars were long gone
I used to see the sky
almost casually there
A child cold or warm
I really can’t recall
Could have been anytime
The sky so calm so clear
like a monastery
minus holy unguents
I used to see the sky
in the pitch of dark
No need for any ornaments
I was lost from myself
There was nobody there
Nothing seemed to move
the sky was like a blanket
I saw my feet were bare
looking up and seeing stars
I never was so calm
Imagine that. How strange.
I’ve been star free for years
The cars gulped the cosmos
The urban hum came forth
To hear was to see
I hear better with age
Maybe my mother
was there, maybe not
when the stars appeared
hanging high above
at rest oblivious
No bird dared break silence
no air stirred the pines
Motionless the stars
would just process
Then when I was sleeping
came some kitchen noise
And then and then the stars were gone
never to return
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