Stars Melted In Heaven When A Child Looked Up Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

'...and children's faces looking up/holding wonder like a cup...'
-Sara Teasdale ('Life Has Loveliness To Sell')

stars melted in heaven when a child looked up
and this was the reason for so many astronomical events
the astronomers scratched their heads over

simply put: a child looked up
and almost sang a song to them
the stars melted like waxy crayons

all over the place
so that the sky was coated in many colours
and dreamed and dreamed itself

too close to earth.

mary angela douglas 17 may 2015