Starry Symphony

By: Sophie Boulware

The last sunset hues vanish as the world is cloaked in night

Basking in the stillness my face lifts to the soft light

A symphony of shining stars stretches across the sky

Their twinkling iridescence is like music to my eyes

I gaze a little longer, so magnificent and grand

While gentle waves tug at my hair, curling every strand

I look down at my fingers, and the slender stem they hold

Topped with wilted petals, once a vibrant sunny gold

Beautiful yet distant, lying so far out of reach

At least that’s how it seemed when I first saw it by the beach

And now I hold it in my grasp, an unexpected gift

But the stars still lie above me, past an impassable rift

But they reflect in water, and they bathe me in their shine

And only for a moment, I can pretend that they are mine