Starlight
There are trillions of stars in our sky
I can only count a few
It takes millions of years for starlight
To reach me where I stand in the cold night air
All the stars that I see could have died
half a million years ago - or more
And I would never know
9-7-19
Contest: Life Poetry
Sponsor: Ironic Zinc
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