THE STARS

When exactly did I start

Noticing the beautiful world around me

The trees , the plants, The flowers

The sky the moon

 And Oh! the stars!

Those twinkling little buddies

Used to wink at me

From high above

Their faces wide with a heavenly smile

Those belles

The stars!

They gripped my heart,

They enveloped me,

I felt as if I had ,

A hundred thousands with me;

The stars

But …,I saw a few of them,

Down ,down on the earth,

On  the streets,at homes,

With people,as humans,

I saw those stars!

They did not have fair skin,

Nor did they have blue eyes,

But yet ,really beautiful…

Their pure heart!

They had the heart,

The heart to care,

The heart to love,

The heart to share pain

The heart with concern and compassion.

Lending their helping hand

To a forlorn brother;

Bringing back the smile

In atleast a face;

Inspiring  a heavy lot,

And make them take heart again.

They may not be found in pictures

Of the pantheons of the greats

Hanging on official walls

The songs of their deeds

May not be sung, nor praised.

But they do have

A greater place,a much greater one

In God’s heart;the purest heart

Where they will reign forever.

The twinkling specimens of life,

The stars-

The stars of the earth!