Any View of the Stars

    by  shaun  lawton  

   within the hollow cavity

  of emptiness      filling out

  the starry void      in spectral shadings

   of radiance       shed in eventually

 to be altogether lost   upon the fading tides of time 

  withdrawn from our presence    in the starred fracture 

 of our recollection    while we're swept

 along in the current  swimming sometimes 

and other times      hanging onto a piece 

of driftwood for dear life 

 these white water rapids     have grown in time 

to really be sweeping   us all along that's when 

the waters rise   and if we haven't

 already we best  learn to swim 

 as has been    oft repeated   

now and again

 while we're supposed  to be helping each other 

transcend instead we're   beholden to some

   extremist notion or another   let's face it

 if we don't set aside   our differences

  to help each other    and our children

  get through this   we won't stand

  a chance as a country

 because together we stand    and divided we fall 

and yes we've been told  this over and over for so long 

 have we forgotten    what's going on

and at what point   in our lives do 

 we lose touch     with the song being 

   celebrated year after year 

  since long before the day    we were born

and already many    cycles of decades hence, 

   we accelerate into the future     together growing 

 as a human race,   it can only take strength 

 to get us this far as it demands    us to every

 waking day     of our life.  

Any view   of the stars    is enough. 

Within the hypno-cryptonaut's helm

   the view can distort  a fraction enough

 to cause a bit  of disorientation