Counting the stars......

Counting the stars 

On dark and cloudy nights 

I miss counting the twinkling lights 

for soaking up the stars 

into my very being 

and gazing at their beauty 

is more than a joyful dream 

This kaleidoscope in the sky 

is what gives me great joy 

past and present shines bright 

as I look at the shimmering  lights 

counting the little sparkles 

in the surrounding darkness 

Hanging up so high 

they fill the huge sky 

from horizon to horizon  

they keep beaming their light 

like steadfast little lamps 

showing the way to heaven 

watching the world below 

with their eyelids wide apart 

they guide the moving waters 

to reach safe shores 

and the many wandering souls 

to steer their way home  

In them live our cherished lost souls 

smiling n' shining bright  up so high 

sending  messages of love 

as our hearts sigh and cry 

telling us they are safe up there 

and we have nothing to fear 

Some of my best thinking 

has been done looking at stars

It’s a meditation too, peaceful  

watching their radiance from afar 

I get lost in their glow n' glitter 

and know not what they are 

Then I look within and listen 

the same light shines in my being 

the light from the eternal spark 

that gives the sun the moon 

and the stars in the dark 

luster  to reflect and glisten ! 

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