The Star Catcher

“The star catcher drifts through he dream of the night”

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The star catcher drifts through the dream of the night

filling its net with falling points of light

no one knows why or for what purpose it does

but many suspect, it’s just because.

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Flying, falling while slipping and gripping

its endless catcher that’s slightly ripping

no stars escape but the dust drifts down

to land in the dreams of the various towns

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The children who woke to next morning’s light

found that the dust had enhanced their sight

“I can see forever,” one child claimed

“I can see farther then that!” another exclaimed

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Adults of the towns all gathered around

to try and figure out what could be done

They whispered and worried in hush tones of hurry

until a man spoke of his son.

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“My boy says he can see nine hundred shades of blue,

what’s worse then that is he’s gone and named them all too!”

“My girl says that she sees we all live forever,

and not to worry, there’s no such thing as never”

“My kid told me that nothing is at all what it seems,

that what we think of the world is just a thick dream”

“He then said his mind had been freed, thought are seeds,

and my aura was a particular shade of sea foam green!”

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The adults all began yelling in bellowing shouts

clamoring to express the degree of their doubts

The frightened grownups could not choose a choice

Until the eldest council woman cleared her voice

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“I don’t know what is with this fighting and fuss,

the problem isn’t with them, it lies within us.

Our children know something we’ve long forgot,

and it’s something we need and we need it a lot.

Just because it’s different don’t lose your reason.

Remember that we must love every season”

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The grownups going home stopped listening to fears

and instead began listening with their own ears

The children were waiting with a gleam in their eye

to show the adults the star catcher in the sky.

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Practical parents are right more often then not

but kids know a world that grownups forgot

We depend on each other, the young and the old

As we love one another it comes back tenfold

So keep your feet on the earth and your head in space

and look for that star catcher’s celestial chase!

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