Night Sky

Songs tell you not to be afraid
But you don’t want to go
Outside when it’s dark
Because it’s just too, too big.
It goes on forever…
It’s one of the few things
That really is
As big as you think it is,
And this certainty brings
No pride at your accuracy.
The darkness above expands…
Could anything ever be that tall?
Why are you not flying upwards,
Why are you not falling off
The ground and lost in the expanse
Of the sky?