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The Wealth of Stars

July 2, 2014
By MeineFraeulein SILVER, Dubai, Other
MeineFraeulein SILVER, Dubai, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -- Gandalf


The shining eyes of Heaven
Gaze merrily at Me
I gaze in silence at them—
Gaze at them wonderingly

“O Sweet Stars, O Drops of Snow!
What’s it that makes you twinkle so?
Sparkling eyes, please do tell me
How you shimmer so merrily!

Sometimes the clouds obscure you;
You cannot protest.
Yet long as I live and do—
I am manifest.

I have a world to play in
I have much more than you!”
Is what I’m always saying
To the eyes in Endless Blue.

And they always say
In their calm and patient way
“When cometh the day,
We shall all, shall melt away—

We are beaten by the weather;
The sun doth torture us
But as long as we’re together
We’ll laugh and twinkle thus.”

And so up I gaze, longing,
Listening to the stars laugh—
For all I have, I’m wanting,
And for all they want, they have.


The author's comments:
Is all that matters material wealth?

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on Oct. 6 2014 at 5:45 am
MeineFraeulein SILVER, Dubai, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -- Gandalf

Like horseback riding? Oh yes, and love it, too! And I am so glad you like my poem! I sent it to a few of my friends and I think they were all like, "Umm...?" Partly for that reason I do not publish on Teen Ink all the countless (so-called) poems I have written, but you do encourage me. Thanks for the comment! 

on Oct. 5 2014 at 9:17 am
M.V.Marguerite BRONZE, Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"All that glitters is not gold, not all those who wander are lost"

Hi!! So, you just posted a comment on my article, so I wanna do so for you too!!  I love this!! Maybe it's because I have a soft spot for rhyming poems and words like "thus" and "cometh", or maybe it's because I can hear a narrator reading it in a soft mysterious voice in the background of a movie, but I think it's wonderful! Also, I checked out your profile- you like horseback riding??? ME TOO!!!!