A Night Sky In Maine
A shooting star, my cousin says
I crane my neck up to see into the dark Maine sky
Stars as plentiful as pinholes in a cushion
But we see no more meteors
With our hazy young minds
We identify constellations
Slightly bent stories of stars sliding off our tongues
And I wonder if I can count them all
I’ll never see a wider sky
I won’t see half as many stars in Delaware
But tonight, I can lose myself
In a short eternity of a shooting starless sky
(previously published in Academy of the Heart and Mind)
Charis Negley is a historical fiction and speculative fiction writer from Wilmington, Delaware. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys crocheting, listening to classical music (particularly Tchaikovsky), and drinking coffee. She’s currently revising her debut historical fiction novel. Updates about her work can be found on her Instagram @charis.writes. Subscribe to her newsletter and receive a free historical fiction short story at tinyurl.com/bdf86mcd.
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