Singing Stars

Remember when the singing stars knew our names? We spun at midnight on the lawn We danced with silver feet The grass lay down beneath our steps submissively complete. Each star we saw, we touched that night Remember how they fell? A spinning sight As we, exhausted sweet collapsed the lawn and lay deep breathing... and laughing... And laughing... Gardenias in bloom leaving their scent on our skin. Grass in our hair to be earth in our sleep. Stars in death leaving their marks on our eyes. and childhood running away from us bolting, a star burning out in midnight skies, down the summer asphalt, to grey.