We look into space
for that final frontier,
a place we can aim,
look up from this sphere.
Look into the past
at things we can't see
without using a telescope
and those things aren't free.
And then were told
that it isn't the truth
and we don't see reality
looming over our roof.
because by the time
the light windless through
the picture we see
really isn't that true.
I can only go on
the things I've been told
but what I'm seeing
is a billion years old.
I think that I'm looking
at a bright one
but the chances are really
it is probably gone.
Exploded outward
in a hole that is black
but the reality is,
it is not coming back.
So I'm looking at nothing,
a night time illusion
that does nothing for me
except utter confusion.
So I now stay inside
and watch the TV instead,
and I can still watch the stars
while I'm tucked up in bed.