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Star

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how we marvel where you are.
A distant speck in edge of view,
That is all we see of you.
From your perspective what are we,
dearest star blinking brightly?

To us our Earth is blue and green,
but what’s its color in your sheen?
Yellow with joy or red with rage,
black with darkness, gray with age?
Or is there simply too much space
in between to judge our race?

Sparkling, spotlight little star,
we wish upon on you from afar.
You symbolize a distant dream;
one day we may move towards your gleam.
Can you see us where we are
brilliant, beaming, little star?

Astral body far away,
have you a world for us to stay?
Will you answer to our plight
when our planet is void of light?
It’s then we leave our home behind
so shining star, don’t leave us blind.



This poem was inspired by the nursery rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" but taken down a much deeper path that young little brains might not understand, and I hope that anyone of any age reading this stops and thinks for some moments.  Simply titled "Star," this piece focuses more on the relationship between the Earth (and humans) and this Star, unnamed but precious, beautiful, hopeful.

I actually began writing this over four months ago for a prompt somewhere but couldn't get around to finishing it, but recently I've been slowing down in terms of new material so I looked through all my unfinished poems.  I scanned this one and added just a few lines and voila, finished.  I read this at last week's local Poetry Slam and got a great reception, so I hope you reader like it and tell me what you think!
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And thus a star is like the ghost we've come to define our wind for, something, hanging in the sky, which likes to approach us over things ignored or forgotten.  How many miles does it take for us to sleep while getting there?