every night

 

cygnus flies a little further to the west

and cassiopeia sits

in her throne a little higher

surveying   what   what does she see


there are stars aplenty

in the city   of a different sort

here    it's something else    maybe better

but lonelier   maybe that's okay


every night    before bed    

i watch the stars from the porch

they're familiar now    

falling stars are grace notes


i look until my eyes want to close

and look some more

and think my sad thoughts   and miss people

but it's okay   i don't know how to do it any other way






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Written on 2016-08-05 at 06:48

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Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
It is good that you can see the stars where you are. This piece is quite sad but very good.
2016-08-11


shells
I think it's a very good way,there is something about something being "bigger" than us that seems to be thought provoking. The sky for me, like the sea, I could watch for hours, always something going on.
2016-08-07



A dark night with a sky full of stars, constellations that move into infinity will always inspire feelings in us. We feel the loneliness of the vastness of our universe. To be a part of something that immense makes us feel small and alone, yet it's somehow strangely comforting to be connected to it. Nights, stars, and the universe together in a poem. Beautiful!
Ashe
2016-08-06


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
It's neither here nor there, but every night when I get up for work, I go outside to smoke, and look up at the stars. The suburbs are encroaching, so fewer of them are visible these days, but I still enjoy seeing them, and a falling star is, as you say, a grace note. A couple of weekends ago, I was high in the Rockies. There was no light pollution, and the sky was filled with stars. What a treat!
2016-08-05


Bibek The PoetBay support member heart!
I too look up in the sky, lose myself among the stars, think of sad thoughts and miss people. But, I know, that's okay.
2016-08-05