Stars

By Gerard Traub

How bright the stars blaze

never to be extinguished 

or consumed 

by the darkness of night.

How they swirl in oceans

surrounding us

a timeless display

like seeds born and adrift

upon an infinite tide.

May we set our eyes

indeed our hearts 

upon their wonder

more than a spectacle of light

to realms still to be imagined

landscapes and frontiers

waiting to be discovered

all the while surrounding 

and drawing us into waters 

unchartered within.

Let us breathe with the stars 

and tides of our own becoming

our light to be revealed 

inside the darkness of night.