TO THE STAR OUTSIDE MY WINDOW 9/24/03

We first met
In my search for the brightest star
Who could make all my wishes come true
You smiled back at me with clear blue eyes
You might have given me the world
Because of you
I danced with princes
And I married a king
Because of you
I rode up to meet you
On the horse I hooked
To Santa’s sleigh
(Your Christmas present to me)
Because of you
I flew over canyons
And walked on clouds
I danced with mermaids
And cried with the wolves

But slowly you grew dimmer
And other stars invaded the sky
And suddenly I did not recognize you anymore
But your magic still remains
In your sparkling kingdom
Where you still dance with the princes in the sky
You know the heroic deeds of Orion
You cheer at bullfights
Walk side by side with bears
And swim in the endless milky way sea
As the dippers pour the night sky from their infinite depths
I know when I look up into the heavens
I can now leave you in peace
I do not need to find you
And I never will
There is too much fascination
Waiting to be discovered
To be worried about finding the right one
When each one is unique
Each one is magic
And each one is equally unreachable anyway
Without my own imagination
And so this is for you star,
Who showed me how to dream
When I look into the sky tonight
I won’t be looking at you
My gaze is fixed between you all
And I set my sight on the dark blue
Not on what I know is there
But on the unlit, endless black
That hides the dreams yet to be experienced.