Wishing on a Star

Wishing on a Star

With the dark comes a star
That reminds me of my dreams.
Though it may be afar,
It's closer than it seems.

As a child I was aware
With the dark comes a star.
Though the dark had to be there,
Hope was never far.

Though I never got the horse or car
That I wished for every night,
With the dark comes a star,
And with the star comes light.

Reality sets in with age,
Hurts may leave a scar.
Yet hope does not live in a cage;
With the dark comes a star.


This form has the following rules: the first and third, and the second and fourth, lines in each stanze must rhyme. There are four stanzas, and the first line must repeat itself on the second line of the second stanza, third line of the third stanza, and fourth line of the fourth stanza.