We were stargazing the other night
when we saw something that wasn't right
against the starry, starry, lights.
A train of sixty satellites were
drifting in the sky that night and
my father and my cousins complained,
said it would ruin
the night sky.
A lot of people are saying that,
that this will ruin the night sky.
And I looked up,
and I thought....
how beautiful it is to know
that we are out there,
that we can go,
out to the stars and maybe beyond,
a little movement among the stars,
and if I look up one day
and see that the night sky is alive
I don't think I'll be suprised,
I'll look up at the stars and smile
and know that humans are out there.
Chunks of metal among burning fire,
crude constructions of wires and lights,
satellites that shimmer and twirl,
a caravan across the Milky Way
that looks like spilled sand.
So I won't be upset when one day,
I look up and everything has changed,
I think I'll enjoy the sight of life where we thought
nothing could fight
to be alive.
Look up,
look up,
the whole world's changed
things move and twist
among a dead backdrop
look up,
look up,
if we can get out there,
who says there are not others
seeing things moving
around a tiny planet,
and saying
there,
there is life.
when we saw something that wasn't right
against the starry, starry, lights.
A train of sixty satellites were
drifting in the sky that night and
my father and my cousins complained,
said it would ruin
the night sky.
A lot of people are saying that,
that this will ruin the night sky.
And I looked up,
and I thought....
how beautiful it is to know
that we are out there,
that we can go,
out to the stars and maybe beyond,
a little movement among the stars,
and if I look up one day
and see that the night sky is alive
I don't think I'll be suprised,
I'll look up at the stars and smile
and know that humans are out there.
Chunks of metal among burning fire,
crude constructions of wires and lights,
satellites that shimmer and twirl,
a caravan across the Milky Way
that looks like spilled sand.
So I won't be upset when one day,
I look up and everything has changed,
I think I'll enjoy the sight of life where we thought
nothing could fight
to be alive.
Look up,
look up,
the whole world's changed
things move and twist
among a dead backdrop
look up,
look up,
if we can get out there,
who says there are not others
seeing things moving
around a tiny planet,
and saying
there,
there is life.
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LadyMidnight
May 28, 2019
This poem is one of my favorites of yours that I have read. Just the way you present gives me goosebumps. The kind you get when you're reading words and there just beautiful. Beautiful.
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