Solomon Ochwo-Oburu Poet Imagism

I Know Why Stars Shoot Downwards

I know why stars shoot downwards to the earth
it is not science at work nor gravitational pull
its behavior of  stars that never looked at the sky 

When they are up in the sky young and active
spend time using their light to trap and eat crickets
strange little things take up work times and talents

But elephants and whales in seas exist and swim free
when mature, old, frail, eaten by years poorly lived
little things vanish, big ones rise and threaten them

With little energy and looming threat stars act in haste
battles are lost as they fight poor fight in lost battles
against bed bugs, cockroaches that do not retaliate

I know why stars shoot downwards
Stars that look up the skies and live there right
live forever in peace with the blue and the earth

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