Stars That Can Be Found Elsewhere Other Than The Sky
09/05/17 03:47
Stars That Can Be Found Elsewhere Other Than The Sky
They say that stars can be found elsewhere other than the sky,
but, I am not certain that is true.
Oh sure, there are shooting stars in your eyes,
their feet etched onto television’s “Dancing With The Stars”,
there are Hollywood’s movie stars with their names
etched into stone walks in front of Grumman’s Theater,
there are musing music stars making millions with their voices etched into vinyl discs sold on itunes for .99 cents a digital song,
there are Manhattan theater stars in lavish, overpriced productions, their names etched onto Broadway marquees,
there are stars on the sleeves and chests of soldiers,
their names etched into endless rows of white marble, surrounded by small American flags,
there are gold stars given to students for work well done,
their names etched on molding diplomas found in attics in every small town.
Yet, nothing quite compares to
those twinkling, heavenly bodies of hot gas
that stipple and fill and light up our black night skies.
as man looks up in wonder at the brilliance of
untouchable shining bodies,
unreachable except in one’s imagination.
Dennis Wayne Bressack
Woodstock, New York
February 17, 2015
They say that stars can be found elsewhere other than the sky,
but, I am not certain that is true.
Oh sure, there are shooting stars in your eyes,
their feet etched onto television’s “Dancing With The Stars”,
there are Hollywood’s movie stars with their names
etched into stone walks in front of Grumman’s Theater,
there are musing music stars making millions with their voices etched into vinyl discs sold on itunes for .99 cents a digital song,
there are Manhattan theater stars in lavish, overpriced productions, their names etched onto Broadway marquees,
there are stars on the sleeves and chests of soldiers,
their names etched into endless rows of white marble, surrounded by small American flags,
there are gold stars given to students for work well done,
their names etched on molding diplomas found in attics in every small town.
Yet, nothing quite compares to
those twinkling, heavenly bodies of hot gas
that stipple and fill and light up our black night skies.
as man looks up in wonder at the brilliance of
untouchable shining bodies,
unreachable except in one’s imagination.
Dennis Wayne Bressack
Woodstock, New York
February 17, 2015