I See The Stars Poem by Barry Middleton

I only see the stars and memory
I am confined by space
and night

imagination lies beyond the stars
and takes me anywhere
I dream

memory fires the coldest winter night
recalling victories
and loss

I have traveled with the lonely stars
before their fire was sparked
and time

once again I break the bonds of earth
I break the bonds of space
and age

a poet's ragged book of tattered dreams
records the final page
of death

I travel to the stars and memories
beyond contingencies
of breath