8/11/17
Counting Stars
A heart is on a moon wave
camped by Viking ship shadows
nearby towns feel so lonely
too much light to really see
kaleidoscope eyes smile wide
escaping into calmer waters
deeply alive in hiking boots
when beats rise gracefully
a lung rests aboard the stern
dives through warm air
everyone fills nights long
sun sings new days ahead
cool crisp August melodies
twirls around mountaintops
A brain sat atop that peak
what was it doing there
stopped for toil was worth it
on top of a large rock
looking out toward wild woods
light evaporates into dark skies
creating an alter of stars
take minds ride on Cygnus
A person looks up north
stuck traveling along milky way
counts stars that pass by
99...100 and they quit
billions spill unto earth
become grains of sand
using light to fuel courage
courage of each gleam
hops off with buried wisdom
A girl walks along a beach
finds a note carved in gold
or huge suprises deep within
brush sand off and reads
do not count the regrets
do not count negatives
do not count popularity
do count lifes moments
in seconds not years
A girl is walking away
her heart feels lighter
breathing in clean oxegyn
thought of others as human
as kindness delivery men
enjoying life loved
traced among friends or
flesh and blood
ever changed as she;
grew into a
