The Pleiades

           







The lovely winter star group The Pleiades, also called The Seven Sisters,  was inspirational to me in expressing my thanks to six caring people. With unaided eye, but especially with binoculars, that constellation is awe inspiring.



The Pleiades



What are the stars? What purpose serves their dim but twinkling light?

Those sparkling jewels far in space invoke sublime delight.

There is a group in winter skies called by a famous name,

The Pleiades; how long ago the ancients sang their fame!





That distant group no shadows cast, so faint their shim'ring light,

Of all the countless far-flung stars we judge them not so bright.

And yet they're suns, young infant suns, atomic fires ablaze;

But dull, bland facts are not our thoughts as  we admiring gaze.





Most eyes see six, the brightest six, but seven shine, some say.

Sharp eyes can find that dimmer orb - it has not gone away.

The seventh member has not gone, has not her sisters left;

So Carolyn Adelaide stays with us, her kindred not bereft.





Those six so bright forever stay, the dimmer to attend;

Those steadfast six will hold their course till time itself does end.

Those brighter six recall to us the constant care and love,

That day and night gave selfless six, like God's care from above.