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Won't You?



Lie down, won't you?
Let us watch the stars
As they travel across the sky
From east to west.

See the nothingness surround them
And surround us.
I've never seen anything
Prettier than this.

Stand by me, won't you?
And look up for them.
Search for those constellations
An astrophile yourself.

May be, beneath it
I may open up
Just a little more
May be you'll see
My rawest side
And I'll see yours

May be we could
Pray beneath the stars
If no one's around.
Or just stay silent
Listening to the sound
Of silence.

Can you see how those lights
Have endless reaches between them?
But down here, they're complete.
One artistic piece of beauty.

Can't you see how
Gazing at them can be addictive?
Are we rather different
If we find their beauty
Something that consoles
Whatever is within us?

Are we strange 
If we'd stargaze all night,
Either in solitude
Or with the right company?

Because if stargazing could lift our hopes
And calm our minds
Why isn't it yet
Declared therapy?

Probably what's therapy for us,
Isn't therapy for them.
But sit by me, won't you?
Let us stargaze together.
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