Pale dots of luster in the sky

I can count the stars tonight

- the Big Dipper, Orion, Cassiopeia.

From the dimmest to the clearest shine

- all stars glimmer in the sky.

In the eyes of a hopeful

who has been basked in hopelessness,

even a scant glimmer in darkness

creates a meaning, a sense.

So while I, a hopeful,

count the stars tonight.

The Big Dipper, Orion, Cassiopeia

creates a meaning, a sense,

for in between these shapes of glimmer

are pale dots of luster.

Basked in hopelessness.

But I still hope 

for those pale dots of luster

to glow more, 

shine most.

So that all stars

- from the dimmest to the clearest shine -

 glimmer in the sky.