Stargazing
The best sights
Are often seen late in the night.
It’s not the twinkling lights
Of the city, or the happy sighs
Of mothers and lovers.
No.
Shift your gaze
Up. See how the days
Turned into night.
Don’t cringe in fright
Of the unknown. Why not
Stare? Gaze at the shining rocks.
I used to be afraid
Of what I didn’t know, never paid
Attention to what I was missin’,
Now, I watch the stars glisten.
And I swear,
The longer I stare,
The closer I am.
The magnetic energy of their gravitational forcefields command
Me to venture into the unkown.
So, here I go. Up and up I float.
Mesmerized by beauty, High on my
Fix, there’s no time to notice I might’ve lost my mind.
The moon’s lantern lights my path
For a while, but it does not last.
It’s cold, but I don’t notice the air
lacks oxygen, and I don’t really care.
I look up into the sky, the unknown.
No, I’ll never know.
So watch me go.
Here I go.