THE STARRY NIGHT

THE STARRY NIGHT

     By Travis M. Whitehead

They speak to me from their stormy portals

     housed in their cave black shrouded

          Drops of twilight from the eyes of God

            Scattered across the shadow sea

              By a cosmic wind

    

Through these fields of light flowering

     I’m mounted on a winged stead

        Riding that cosmic wind

          Listening to the music

              Radiating from their shimmering smiles

              

Drops of shimmering ecstasy

      Musical notes from the symphony of God

          Whirling through the universe

                Morphing into melodies forgotten

                      Revived for the anguished soul

Anguished souls riveted

     By the dissonance resolved

        Into a poignant harmony beckoning

           To phosphorescent hummingbirds

                  Rising from the earth-bound sea

Winged twilight

    Soaring across the universe

         To dance to the ever-changing melody

             Played by the hands of God.