Haley’s Comet

-Haley’s Comet-
by
Keaton Foster



In a distant sky
Seemingly motionless
As it goes screaming by
Burning the blackness bright
Lessoning the weight of night
I have seen it once before
When I was a young child
Back when my family was one
Long before I lost
So many of them
To alcohol and drugs
Their addictions
Got the best of them
And in the end
Left us far apart
Increasingly alone
I have always lived
I have since suffered
More than most
Persistence is my king
Fighting the good fight
Is how I have since lived
I know that if I am lucky
I will see it again
Long after most of my life
Has passed me by
Feeble and old
I will still know what to do
And how to act
As it streaks by
Brightening the sky
Bringing my life
Into clear view
A full circle around the universe
A full circle within my existence
As it burns wide
Just as I did when I was a child
I will wonder where it has been
And what it has seen
On its journey beyond
All that could ever be
Haley’s comet
An other worldly experience
Once had
Once again I know that
It will trace the sky
From one endless horizon
To the next
It will slip out of view
By the time it comes back by
A span of seventy five years will divide
I, along with most of my kind
Will probably be through…


Haley’s Comet
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.