The Stars In The Heavens.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i was the praying
mantis on the grass
when we first met
here in this
spot of mud and
water

we talked
and i made promises
like turning
dusts into butterflies
and stones into
birds
and birds into
stars
in that black sky above us

now i am watching
all those stars of you
once stones
without minds of their own
once dusts without
meaning
once birds flying without
directions

i like the way all of you glitter
as i sit upon this strip of grass
covered by
black skies