Beauty in the Stars

So, I'm cleaning my room and packing right now. I shouldn't be online, as I have to leave in less than 3 hours, but I found this poem that I wrote while I should have been taking notes in Astronomy during the first week. So here it is:

Turn your eyes

to the stars

and admire 

their beauty.

Why does such

stark contrast

draw my attention

so?

Long have my dreams

been lifted to

the night sky,

the celestial bodies

that hover there.

One day I will

reach the stars

and find there

my destiny.

Lost will be

the science

of my world, 

all that will 

remain is the

surreal beauty

of the

universe.

One day I will

find myself

in the

night sky.

It's not a masterpiece or anything. It definitely needs work. But since I haven't really written a whole lot of creative stuff lately (though I did write a new train piece last week!) I thought I would share this for anyone who might be interested.

Oh! I'm bringing my copy of Writing Down the Bones on the flight to New Orleans. Expect some kind of writing either when I land or once I am back on Sunday.