Star Song

Stars in the night sky watch over me.

Sing me a song of the deep mystery.

Stars in the black sky sing me a tune.

Tell me the tale of the man in the moon.

Stars in the night sky twinkle and shine,

filling my heart with your silvery wine.

Stars in the black sky teach me to pray

and lead me back home when I've wandered astray.

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(I was pondering the stars and their role in the lives of men. We have used them to navigate for eons ,while many still hang their hopes and dreams on a horoscope, based on an interpretation of the movement of stars and planets. Abraham - who most likely had been a priest in ancient Ur- had a conversation with God under the stars and held fast to the hope that God's promise to him would come true some day. Some say that the Hebrew phrase for "counting the stars" in this same story could also be interpreted to "recount the story of the stars" or to interpret the gospel message hidden in the constellations or Zodiac.)