Stars Look Great Tonight

By Dominic Kudzia (grade 12)

We walk through the park, with coffees in hand, 

The cold winter winds nipping at your nose. 

These things that I feel, I had never planned, 

And now I’m hoping you won’t juxtapose. 

Haven’t known each other for all that long,

Although I know one thing to be true.

Our connection is unusually strong,

And I think I might be falling for you.

As we walk, you say “What are you thinking?”

Noticing it’s you I’ve been staring at.

So I revolve to meet your gaze, blinking. 

And so badly I want to tell you that,

The fire inside my heart you ignite.

But I just say, “Stars look great tonight.”