The Shooting Star
By: Stamatis Kakleas
Without warning you broke the horizon, catching my eye
Stealing my attention from everything in sight
No one was around to judge, so I stared up high
Surrounded by darkness, you provided me light
I was speechless in awe, as you made your way by
The sensation you gave, I cannot describe
Your beauty, your magnificence, they lit up my sky
You wouldn’t be there for long and I knew why
Because you’re a shooting star in the dim of the night
So I made a wish…I wished I could fly
To be able to chase you, to catch you I’d try
And then;
Without warning you vanished, never saying goodbye
One of my posts, ‘Curveballs and Shooting Stars’, was actually based off this poem I wrote. I was just sitting there one day thinking about the various curve-balls life throws at us and that is when it dawned on me that certain phenomena can’t simply be deemed as ‘curve-balls’ and deserve a more majestic title.
When are you going to confess your love for me?!