Celestial Warriors

Stan Pearson

CELESTIAL WARRIORS

As I stand here deep in the night

Looking east at stars that spangle the sky

Some are planes haunting Heathrow

See the moving landing lights

Teardrops falling on black snow

They shine beyond reasoning why

The Whalers who ride the airwaves

Celestial warriors of some past dawn

Bringing a new yesterday

There’s nothing anyone can say

Will make it another way

Out beyond the pale too far gone

Our greatest moment shining bright

A quarter century dead but still here

Just to see skin grace ivory

With beauty that transcends white

One more chapter in the story

Salty dogs fly the stratosphere

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