Star Gazing

meteor

Wanderlust 

star gazing though

I'm no astronomer.

Eyes are meteor tired this morning 

Sticking to my goals, worked late at the office,

ate healthy, edited twenty pages, hiked to the

canyon to see the Perseids shower alone.

How can I say alone when a crowd reached to see?

Strangers whispering and waiting for the sky to open,

sharing a moment with the ancients who sought answers.

Did the Greeks see the same gods as the Shosone?

Firmament reflecting earth, she delivered a 

few omens for us. A child spotted the most.

I'm sending you stars to light your way.

You know what bad habit to drop, execute the 

difficult chore first, don't waste morning on emails.

Get close to your dream right now.

I hand you the wishing star my friend.

antique star sky map poem

northern sky

Marketing Make A Wish

Scapegoat Review emailed me to publish my flash fiction piece Entropy out of the sky.

Dandelion seeds I blew into the hillside seem to be flourishing as the intentions appear.

This same morning a gull billed tern popped upon the glass wall looking for some treat.

"I only have nyjer thistle, sunflowers and millet for mourning doves and towhees. You Sir, are no slender necked rummaging sparrow."

He whistled "Chewh ahw."

"All right, you brought me good news after months of stabbing rain."

So with the filling the hummingbird feeder, as they dive bomb to remind me,

I now have adopted a bossy white tailed kite.

Hopefully he likes to eat wild dandelions to help spread the word.
Do birds know anything about austerity?

photographs Copyright Caroline Gerardo 7/26/2011