Star Shoot

Star Shoot  12/3/2014

I looked up

At the chandelier

Dripping crystallized icicles

Hanging like daggers

Over our heads.

Sparkling, shinning

And reflecting light

In random patterns

On our faces. 

Beauty and drama

Are everywhere

Attacking us in brilliant red

Or burning our eyes

In neon yellow.

We can sit back

And let is wash over

Feeling the passion

Or the calm. 

Spaghetti on a child’s face

And the smell of burning leaves

In the backyard

Something beautiful

And something messy. 

Life is like that

Even in monotony

And drudgery

As minor details

Scream at us

To notice or to run. 

Sometimes life is a straight line

Dotted with traffic lights

In an endless see of cars

But just as often it is the lonely roads

Twisting through the hills. 

Each of us

Will make some u turns

And end up

Where we started

But even that is okay

If you learned along the way. 

We look out the window

And watch the exits fly by

Always wondering where we should go

And if we should stay. 

But there are no easy answers

And that’s okay as well

Because we live it through anyway

And pay the price

For every mistake. 

We lose and we win

But either way

We survive

Keeping  the best crystals

Glittering in our minds.

My eyes have seen greater things

And I remember all the feelings

As if they were yesterday

All precious jewels

That I can never lose. 

Someday we will have it all

And look backwards with a smile

Holding all the best

Like fireflies in a jar. 

We will travel the stars

And never lose a thing

As we live and share

Without regret

Or tears.

For now, I will pray

But for then

Is what I ask

That we will all be together

In a cold, deep, and clear

Forever.