Time Travellers

When the darkness reigns, just look up.

Do you not wish to travel time?

For there are centuries of stories

Hidden inside each star's shine.

Yet what you see is a mere sentence,

In a tale with many more,

For the light reaching us now,

Left its home million years before.

And stars too, are time travelers,

With their stories that remain unsaid.

For how many of them are the last rays,

Of ancient suns that are now dead.

And how many of them have disappeared?

Never making it once to our sight.

But now they'll remain unknown to us

Encased in their mysterious lights.

And someday in the distant future,

Long after your last goodbye,

Perhaps someone else will turn,

Their eyes to the same old sky.

And where now you just see darkness,

They'll encounter a brand new light.

The beginning of a grand story

That has just left its home tonight.