Star Time

Star Time
Betsy McKenzie

Sirius, Dog Star,
Twinkling blue and bright,
Low in the south.
Brighter than anything
Below Orion’s belt.
I watch the winter stars,
Even through the city haze,
Smog and light.
They shine on me now,
Just as they shone so many years,
Through wars, through ice ages.
We are just a wink of time to stars.

February 20, 2006