Watching the Night Sky
Dec 13 2010 Filed in: Jims Poems
Watching the Night Sky
Take time to lie down on the earth,
Beneath the darkening sky,
And watch as brightening stars appear
Or if the sky be clouds,
Await the raindrop’s kiss.
Cloudless skies are best, I think,
When stars like frozen fireflies
Stay their wings
And sparkle in the night.
Or are they distant winking eyes?
My own eyes, winking back,
Pretend that other faces watch
From other planet lawns,
Our gazes passing in their quiet searches.
What strangers lie ‘neath other skies,
What ponderers are contemplating
Wonders far away? I cannot say.
Their eyes are closing as the dawn
Suggests another day.
But night will come again with all its eyes.
I’ll rest once more upon the earth beneath
Infinities of skies. I’ll watch
A comet aim for earth and miss.
As someone watching worlds away
Blows me a kiss.
Take time to lie down on the earth,
Beneath the darkening sky,
And watch as brightening stars appear
Or if the sky be clouds,
Await the raindrop’s kiss.
Cloudless skies are best, I think,
When stars like frozen fireflies
Stay their wings
And sparkle in the night.
Or are they distant winking eyes?
My own eyes, winking back,
Pretend that other faces watch
From other planet lawns,
Our gazes passing in their quiet searches.
What strangers lie ‘neath other skies,
What ponderers are contemplating
Wonders far away? I cannot say.
Their eyes are closing as the dawn
Suggests another day.
But night will come again with all its eyes.
I’ll rest once more upon the earth beneath
Infinities of skies. I’ll watch
A comet aim for earth and miss.
As someone watching worlds away
Blows me a kiss.