Those 'stars' you see above you,
Those 'stars' you see at night
From the distant past it reaches you
Those little 'dots' of light

Is it a newly birthed Galaxy?
Or a high velocity White Dwarf?
A rapidly spinning neutron star?
The Universe is quite vast

Quasars, Pulsars, Binaries
A possible Wolf-Rayet too
Their ages can be understood
The spectrum of light is the clue

While clouds above obscure my views
I never cease to be amazed
And as soon as those clear skies resume
Upwards is my gaze


For Carl Sagan, my hero.


Original poem first posted elsewhere June 20th 2012 by Tulip1969