The Story Poem by Barry Middleton

something is rising
and something is falling
and this is the story
of the universe

the sun comes up
and across the void
another star explodes
another rocks a cradle

tonight the moon climbs
like a tired old man
who has done this work
so many times before

shortly winter will pass
and old daffodils
rise again from the dead
and we call this hope

on this winter solstice
a child is born
and an old man dies
this is but a single story