The Darkened Firmament Is A Blank Page

(October 2, 2007)

…and the stars
          of a clear Autumn night
blink and shimmer;
          pinpricks of light
          in a blue black sky;
tiny dots
          as close as the back of my eye,
          faraway;
          forgotten
in the light of day;
          lost
in the blur of city lights;
          real worlds,
          humungous suns,
          fantastic galaxies
that glitter in imagination,
because at the end of the day
          of a clear Autumn night
it's all we have left.