Lost in the night sky

The child sits 

staring deep 

Into the wonderment of the night sky.

Agape,

her mouth hangs

as her eyes

scan the darkness

for what her mind

busily imagines could be. 

And watching his child

watch the heavens

the loving father weeps.

To know his child

to see her becoming

Developing and growing.

He watches

her little face Change with every shooting star.

Imagining 

what she could be

who she will be.

Both sharing a tear of wonderment with the night's gentle breeze.

The child lost, in the heavens.

He lost in her future.