Gazing at the stars [May 18, 2016]

The night grows darker now

Clouds have been forming for awhile now

A cold winter breeze settles in

And at the center, he stands alone

 

He isn’t sad and he isn’t angry

He’s not depressed, just a little lonely

Not because there is nobody around

It’s just because no one understands him

 

He stands like a statue against the cold

Waiting for something to happen, to unfold

He stands in a valley of darkening dusk

Inside his own mind of stories and books

 

When he looks at the stars, he gazes and wonders

He thinks about things that should have been

How each decision could have led him to greater heights

But instead, he stands, gazing at the sights

 

A mist settles in the valley now

As he stands there, slowly he disappears

Soon he is invisible, like always before

And nobody notices, he is no more

 

It’s not because he wasn’t loved, or that nobody cared

It’s not because he was hated or someone to fear

It’s simply because he wasn’t something amazing

He was just a statue, who spent his life gazing