dark of night
sitting on my blanket on a rock
stars overhead
streaking lights worth a wait
night darkens
more stars arrive in the black panoply
for real now
stars fall freely
I watch the light of yesterday
yesterday so far away
now I watch
now I wait
each streaking light
each piece of heaven fallen to earth
brings me up into the sky
up there
where the stars fly
it’s dark on my rock
as I linger in the night
watching stars
fall
to earth
David Trudel © 2012
