A Naked Star Poem by Barry Middleton

out there in some eternity
exists a naked star
it has no name it knows no god
though it has traveled far

but in its anonymity
it is a lot like us
and it was born and it will die
for it is written thus

and yet it does not feel a thing
and it is not afraid
as it exists in nothingness
and dies where shadows fade

it dies like us and from its dust
another star is born
and when I leave the planet earth
my son will greet the morn

the naked star must cease to be
in supernova light
but stardust lives eternally
as newborn stars ignite