The Stars

Flickering flakes of frigid light
float across the frozen night.
Flecks of foam on a cold, black sea
tossed by the winds of eternity.

White hot eyes to heaven's soul
burning night's abundant coal
to cinders by each new day's birth.
Throwing no heat back on earth.

Perspective points on plains of night.
Motionless, in rapid flight
from dark'ning rim to rising glow.
Never wavering as they go.

Poet's muse, Lovers' elation,
Scientific destination,
Expanding gas ball, speed of light...
The greatest mystery of night.