Moon Light Star Bright Poem by r james sterzinger

Moon Light Star Bright



after she told him
how lousy he was in bed,
in life in all the rest,
he went out to the deck
and stared at the stars
in the eastern sky.

the points of light that shown
came from thousands of years ago
maybe more, maybe less

that dark
how long does that take to reach
from there to here?

light or dark
it all takes time
you don't usually see the effects of it
right away

marriages that once seemed
bright with optimism can and often do
fart out and morph into something
that even God doesn't recognize.

he realized most things take time
and starlight once it takes off
you can't claim it back

so he looked at what was
and thought about the beauty
from a long time ago
and accepted that it
was surrounded by all that night now

so he thumbed through the attorneys
in the yellow pages
so the dirty work could begin
because she had reminded him that he was no star
in the first place
and didn't care how he felt
anymore.

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