Starshine, No more

If in the middle of the night
You were to awaken
And saw no stars in the sky,
Would you be shaken?

When the natural lights that once
Lit the sky
finally burn out
Would you even cry?

Its funny how we
Never notice the true splendor,
Until it’s left our sight,
And our hearts asunder

Do you see them now?
Those lights which captivate
Who twinkle harmless in the night,
Who express no anger, harbor no hate

The true purity of the world
Only shows form a thousand years past,
What a miserable truth
Which may not even last

Yet people sit there
Heads wrapped in metal and plastic
Too caught up in superficiality
For real wonder to stick

Those are the ones who
Will take years to understand:
That the stars and moon
Have left, and will never come back