I’m a big science nerd, so sometimes it finds it’s way into my writing. Even now, when I stop and think about these things, I feel the same sense of wonder and amazement that I did as a kid.

Enjoy!

LOOK AT THE STARS

About six billion years ago,

To give or take a few.

A photon left a star out there,

To come and visit you.

 

It couldn’t stay for very long,

But it was here, I see.

‘Cause it and all it’s photon friends,

Shone down on you and me.

 

Now see the starlight on your skin,

And think of it this way.

Though oh so very far away,

A star kissed you today.

 

When sun is set and moon is dark,

And stars the only light.

Go somewhere dark and just look up,

And marvel at the sight.

 

To look in wonder and in awe,

To understand our place.

We are a speck, one tiny speck,

In vast, uncharted space.

 

Now as you look up at the sky,

Select one single star.

How many years did that light take,

To get just where you are?

 

And maybe ’round that star you picked,

A distant planet’s there.

With someone looking back, wond’ring,

If there’s someone, somewhere.

 

So keep on looking up my friends,

At those far, sparkling lights.

And maybe fall in love as I,

With clear and moonless nights.

 

Cheers, Winston