After the Rain Comes...

The Stargazer

Stargazer, that's what they call me

Or a daydreamer, someone who's always looking up I guess?

Well that's me. The one always sitting atop a tree,

Talking to the stars.

There's so many of them; did you know they're all millions of miles away?

Incredible. The light from those stars travels all this way,

And reaches MY eyes.

My mom used to tell me, when I was little, to make wishes when I saw a shooting star

I'm too old for that, I'm 8 you know...

That's like, almost a whole decade 

Did you know, that when you look at a star you're looking into the past?

It takes years for their light to reach Earth,

The light we see is old, 

Possibly THOUSANDS of years old...

I want to be an astronaut one day,

And touch every one of those stars.

Mom tells me that if I dream it, it will come true

Well, I hope I can dream hard enough.

So, Stargazer, that's me,

Cool right?

Now I know what you're thinking -

How are you going to touch every single star in the galaxy?

Well,

My journey will start when land on the moon.