The Stars Are Brightest Poem by RIC BASTASA

i

the stars are brightest
on the deep blackness
of the night

ii

not on those brightest days
can you feel the glitter
of a single star

iii

no on the deep scarlet of our grief
can we for once
change into stars
show that our hearts glow
like diamonds
in the ocean floor of our
sorrows

iv

twinkle, glitter, glow
there is also meaning and beauty
in this sorrow

v

we do not have to be mud
others have turned to the god of the rocks
we can be stars
meteors shooting brightness in dark space
galaxies expanding
to build a new world

we can be suns of glory when others explode
and be gone for worst