The Last Star

Stars in the sky

Black turns 

to a deep blue 

as dawn 

peeps over the horizon. 

The silence of the night 

left behind 

as the chorus begins 

building 

to a crescendo 

of light and sound. 

The vastness of the sky 

stretches 

and flows 

across the earth 

like an ocean 

without gravity. 

Light blushes 

mist rises 

and finally 

the last star 

fades away 

lost 

in the glare of our sun 

to sleep 

until its shift begins again.