Starlight Dawning

- 2 Haiku and a Bridge - 

The night sky dawns, hushed;

stars punctuating darkness,

calling out, “Truth! Truth!”

 

But there are some who fear the night

and the darkness and the stars punctuating

that dark expanse with starlight shining through,

carrying the wisdom of the ages and its truth,

truths carried age to age in the constellations

and the stories and the gods, and afraid, they hide

themselves inside, away from the darkness, hide

behind the artificial light of ignorance and fear,

and they do not listen, do not see, do not hear

the still small voices of the ages, the sages

of time calling out, “Truth! Truth!”

whispered to those too afraid to hear.

 

Truth called out, softly

spoken, rising, crescendoed,

in starlight dawning.