No Ordinary Day

There was a day No ordinary day Until that day, I always had the stars to hold My mother had said I am going now When you are alone, you will be all right Whether or not you think so The stars will tell you so … Beloved fields withdrew into space I watched them dwindle, watched new lands unfold before my face Weary mountains made an exchange For shapeless pain But night settled down And with it came new stars Some were the old ones, some I would soon discover And though the nights were longer The stars still shined in the same familiar way They seemed to be closer And they seemed to be brighter Yet, they were harder to reach Harder to hold in my hand... But, somehow they told me My mother was right ------------------------------------------- Inspired By Frank Herrera's Contest: "Coming of Age" By Carrie Richards 2/6/12