It (The Nearest Star)

I do not know how far
It is
To the nearest star--
Only what they tell me.

I do not know which one
It is
Of all those suns,
Except as they tell me.

But that doesn't matter out here,
With the wind in my ear,
And Divinity near.

Looking up at the quilted sky,
I see through the batting a hole,
Its emptiness full
Of one shining star.
And my heart says
It
Is the nearest,
For it
Touched me.

©1997 Bob Mason