A SHOOTING STAR

This morning while walking in the darkness

I hadn’t traveled very far

When I looked up…

and across the sky

I saw a shooting star.

A screech owl trilled, “Did you see that?”

(he was hidden from my view)

Then I heard a second hidden screech owl answer

“Yes, I saw it too!”

I stopped walking at that moment

(as I say I hadn’t traveled very far)

for I knew I needed to make a wish

upon that shooting star…

I know a shooting star is rare

I know what the astrologers say

If you make a wish on a shooting star

you’re in for a lucky day…

They say a shooting star is strange

extraordinary and bizarre…

they say that there is magic 

in the power of that star.

Today, however, I decided not to make a wish

and though it may cause astrologers to howl…

I decided I was lucky enough

to share this moment with the owls.