The star in the eye of the earth

Caught by the eye

the star in the sky

listens to the question

in the seekers head

Caught off guard

by the thought

the star unsure

how to respond

Why sure its heard the question before

but never in such distinct clarity

in an earnest yearning voice,

and even more the star is starting to understand.

Understand, yet how could it respond...

Of course the star desires to explore

So much it did not/does not know

but to leave the sky?

It's unthinkable.

Sure it'd be fun to explore the earth,

but the sky is his life, his love, his home,

and still much more of it remains to explore.

Sure, he's heard the question before, but 

never before had he considered it . . . 

In fact he told himself the question

was nothing but a figment of his imagination,

his own daydreams of exploring the earth below.

But NOT ANYMORE.  The Earth's yearning voice crept into the star's senses.

Oh my, now what was a star to do?

The star yearned too to fall into the earth even if it was just to see what it was like,

to explore its meadows, listen to the songs of the birds and the bees, to hear the heartbeats of those beings on earth, and find out about all its children.  

Oh no, but the star knows that can never be.  Because if it chose to shoot to the earth, it could never ever go back to the sky.  And the star did wonder, but did not see how it could ever ever be worth it.  

No, this star knows where it belongs---with the sky and everything of the sky is its heritage.

Besides, THIS star loves the sky very much, and cannot even imagine life without the sky.  Its so warm even when its cold outside.  The dark places are only there to be lit up by the star, and the sky with its blue clouds and gray waves and sunshiny days are all part and parcel of the star's life.

And its all as its meant to be....

Now sure some days are grayer than others and the stars rays have trouble getting through to the sky, and sometimes the star gets a little ticked off when the sky darkens it or denies its light,

and sure the star has wondered if the green ground on earth would be more refreshing than the dark sky....

but you know what they say about that./

Yep, the star stays.  Not that it won't wonder about the green grass of earth.  Not that it won't pretend it knows what earth is like, and listen to the breeze that tells of the seas and creatures below.

But it can't go there, not really.

So sorry earth....  in another life, maybe I'll be a mermaid of the sea or a child of man.  Peace be with you, my friend.