Random Star

I am reading Stephen Hawkings "A Brief History of Time," and so I was inspired to write about the Universe.

RANDOM STAR

by Gener Pagkanlungan

I soar above to find my star

And I was late because the Gods took them out

Of circulation,

And I cried

What injustice,

Yet the Gods have spoken even before

I was born.

I look upward now in the evenings of my life

And there they are once more, the stars numerous,

Glittering amidst the Orion and the Procyon

Tempting the young to dream and imaginings

Again.

Unbeknownst before, the star I envied from afar

As luminous, as vibrant as the Mother Moon in the late month,

Star of the Universe

Has traveled as fast as the Light

And became only familiar with the life of the other Gods.

Random star

Mesmerize me now,

Linger there in the darkness of the sky

Light up the unknown with your wonder and awe,

As I submit to your radiant spectacle

Before you leave or stay.