August 2016 Writing Prompts -- Star Gazing and Long Distance

We just returned from the Oregon Star Party, a week of star gazing in the Ochoco National Forest in Central Oregon, so a prompt with stars felt appropriate. I ended up with two prompts and two poems.
You will find the first pin here: Star Gazing         The second, here: Long Distance

STAR GAZING

 

 

Stars blanket dark skies . . .

 

If we listen they’ll whisper

 

Their stories to us.

 

 

 

 

LONG DISTANCE

 

 

I raise my eyes

 

Seeking answers

 

From a universe

 

So vast and deep

 

It may take a lifetime

 

For my questions

 

To be heard.