they told me
it would be too late
to see the midnight stars
and they told me
not to wait because
the stars would never change
and they shamed me
when i did not budge
but sat with my friend Hope
yet now i am grown
and perhaps i should tell them
that at midnight
the stars proved them wrong
Mar 9, 2016
Mar 9, 2016 at 5:08 PM UTC
they told me
it would be too late
to see the midnight stars
and they told me
not to wait because
the stars would never change
and they shamed me
when i did not budge
but sat with my friend Hope
yet now i am grown
and perhaps i should tell them
that at midnight
the stars proved them wrong
