Small Town Night
From that long ago distance
Of my small town sheltered youth
I remember still so clearly seeing,
On one deep blue starlit night,
Framed and cross-veined by then
Stark and leafless trees, lines
Like thin rivers reaching
Star bound Orion caught,
Cast and held, beheld poised
Mid stride and moving timeless
Above my sleeping, tree-lined street
And how alive then seemed
All the skies on that clear
And youthful dreaming
Distant small town night.