We're Only Star Stuff in the End
poetry·@beekerst·
0.000 HBDWe're Only Star Stuff in the End
# <center>We’re Only Star Stuff in the End</center> ___ <center>https://steemitimages.com/DQmV4KhpkWzPqSTqZUXdp3ab7TsdrrBVkMpUKWMkmYNhHbd/milky-way-916523_640.jpg</center> ___ ___ This week I decided to move out of my comfort zone and take a stab at poetry. ___ ___ #### <center>We’re Only Star Stuff in the End</center> ___ As a child, your heroes vary Curly, Moe, and Shemp and Larry Snatching up a funny book Immerse yourself in Captain Hook And later when your Mom gives hugs You close the day with Bunny Bugs And when you finally quit cartoons And read a tome of Daniel Boone Perhaps again you rise at dawn And conquer lands with Genghis Khan And bounce along in wooden wagons On dusty roads with Sam and Baggins Or if you find yourself in luck Raft a river with Tom and Huck Curious minds explore the world Watching Cosmos comfortably curled As Doctor Sagan often said We'll be just Star Stuff when we’re dead Life moved on and in a whirl I stumbled on and found a girl When we stopped and went to rest She cradled me upon her breasts In the quiet of that room I planted seed into her womb And from that seed, a child was born I lifted high to greet the morn With his feeble cries of strife Informed us of another life In his blood the guarantee That hinted of eternity And when new life no longer mattered Strumming tunes by Nelson and Haggard Haunting words composed so deftly Told of tragic Pancho and Lefty I learned that Silence has a Sound When Paul and Art were still around Inspiring sounds that were so curious I trained my fingers to Asturias But on my deathbed, I will see Behind me lies eternity Before me hasn’t yet occurred And what comes next is only blurred If, I have not lived my life Regret will cut me like a knife Only what is in the past Burned on my soul will surely last When my consciousness does fade To mingle with the other shades Who will be my heroes then Only ghosts of greater men? And in that distant time and place When mankind's gone without a trace What heroes will the gods dare send? We’re Only Star Stuff in the End! ___ <center> Thanks for reading my poem CARRY ON!</center> ___ <center>[Thumbnail Source](https://pixabay.com/en/milky-way-rocks-night-landscape-916523/)</center> </center> ___ ___ ___