Missing Star
Cold clear star-strewn
night envelops all.
Brilliant stars
flash off fresh powder snow.
Distant wolf,
closer coyotes, owl swoops near.
Maw of aloneness
gaping raw.
Sliver moon with
earthlight-bathed orb,
Setting, blasting,
in trans-arctic air. Billions of stars,
of us; the missing one is all. Aching longing for
that one missing star.
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