I sat and peered at the stars twinkling in the ebony sky,
Appreciating their light-years long beauty as they decay.
I ponder how dying stars in space still shine so bright
While dying stars on earth dimmer and become gray.
Our bodies become lifeless as time swallows our glow,
But as we lose our light we see the light, they say.
Forth to the heavens, or space to join the stars
because everything beautiful is far away.
(Written 2.23.17)
A Words Shaker 