Member Poem

The Music of the Stars

The music of the stars is

so very faint it is drowned

by the sounds of the city,

the steady drone of traffic,

the whine of sirens wailing

through day and night,

the clamor of crowds and

the hubbub of the media.

The music of the stars is

so very faint it is lost

in the static of the rain,

the timbres of the wind

batting against the trees,

in the rhythm of waves

consuming the shore.

The music of the stars is

so very faint, yet there

remain those of a certain

mind and heart who listen

hard enough to hear it,

never completely sure

what kind of music it is,

yet convinced it is the

one they must dance to.

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First appeared in the Balticon Program Book, 2013