A Poem and a Cold Beer

Star Gazing

A fading star in a sparkling sky

irrelevant now though once a sun

to a planet that was drawn and held

in a orbit that's no longer one

The light has gone, dimmed by a wind

that blew a breeze of honesty

and cleared the way for newer paths

and changed the course of destiny

Yet though a shooting star in a foreign sky

leaves trails of history far behind

The north star in the eastern sky

will forever be yours and mine

Carolyn R. Parsons