I can see the night
Sprawled across the sky
like you on the carpet
nose stuck in a book.
Up here
from my rooftop
I can count from this height
However many flicker
in the country
while you're sipping coffee
beneath street lights.
I wonder if
you're thinking about
Turning in too sleep
since early in the morning
you're off to face the world.
It's then I hold my breath
just for a moment,
To cease the notion
Of a girl
Trying to change
her stars.
Sometimes
the city isn't always
an exciting place to be.
It's kinder here with fireflies
and cedar smoke lulling
the honeybees to sleep.
So, if you know
what a shame it would be
to never see those stars
The ones
we thought were ours again.
if you could just
hold one in your palm
Maybe
your mind would change.
Because
alone in the dark,
They never look the same.