A Child in the Night

 

The child stares at the stars. He does not know

Their names, He does not care. Time halts for him

And he is standing on the earth's far rim,
As all the sky surrenders it's bright show.

He will not feel like this again until

He falls in love. He will not be possessed

By dispossession till he has caressed

A face and in its eyes seen stars stand still.

 

 

Elizabeth Jennings