Gone away
Ciara Derenzo
Certain glitter shines bright
It's light upon itself only felt
In the obsolete expanse of night
The stars start to make you think of yourself
A year drags it's boots in the dirt
The constellations shift one by one
While I stay in one place
The earth travels around the sun
Which is more fleeting
A year, or a fallen star?
What happens when the wishes run away,
And we stay right where we are?
I've made a habit of taking to the moon
Embellishing every detail of my tales,
He speaks plainly of unplain things,
Captivating with truth, where my fantasy fails
Still he listens, unwaveringly so,
time after time, week after week
The moon asks for a poem tonight
And so I speak
“and you return to the night sky,
Rising after the day.
And you'll still be there
Long past when I've gone away”