Star With The Brightest Gleam Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

Star with the brightest gleam I see you,
Brightening even the darkest nights,
Brighter than moons and half moons,
You who beat the sun to the race,
And won a place for yourself alone,
Where you shine and make them wonder,
Where it is you got your stary mane,
Which glows and growls truths feared,
And teeth that glow like jewels.


Shine on in the yonder where you are,
Star with the brightest gleam,
Glowworm who excels at everything,
Touch souls of beast and pebbles
Yes even pigs and piglets,
Clean them up and let them dance,
Clean them as they grunt and wiggle,
For their tails are too short to swat,
That even a fly can sit on their back,
And not fear even one touch.

Shine on and peel off the log,
For their eyes are blinded,
They see, but what is theirs,
And rub it on to others.
Shine star with the brightest gleam,
Gleam on and dash across the sky,
The night is short, the day comes
soon, to fade the gleam in you.

Suns from other lands will come,
To take over the space where you frolic,
The wide sky where you sparkle,
And go on into ends unknown,
Your light will be dim then,
As pigs go to the butcher,
To grunt no more, but bacon be,
And babble and sizzle in flames,
When set on the tables of the rich,
Being eaten, never to dance again,
In the mud where they swam and slept,
While the glow worm did its best.