stars

it's amazing

how things that once were nothings

can shine so brilliantly in the sky

to be admired simply for existing

it must be lonely up there

to attract such attention

yet remain unnoticed

until the brilliance has long faded away

i wish i could speak with the stars

to tell them their radiance is not for nothing

that their beauty leaves me breathless

as they pierce the darkened sky

i wonder what they would say to me if i spoke with them

if it would bring them comfort to hear my words

i could not tell them that they are becoming invisible

to us here down on earth

their brightness threatened by our own

as we flood the sky with fabricated light

the stars are unable to keep up

and i will not have the heart to tell them so

i am told that ignorance is bliss

so as i look to the clouds

years from now

i will see new light

and i will think of the stars