My Version

Twinkle, Little Star

By: the iHope Poet

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Why does heaven seem so far?

How I hope to one day shine

Bright as day all through the night

Twinkle, twinkle little star

What a brilliant one you are

Wish that I could have a friend

Help me let my brightness bend

Give the world a chance to see

All the wonders I can be

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Though you’re high you’re not so far

Every night I look to where

Your own sparkle seems to bear

All the space of pressure in

One small jar where light has been

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Oh, I wonder how you are

Someday I won’t feel alone

Soon I’ll be up there with you

Glinting brightly in the sky

No one else will wonder why

Heaven always seemed so far

Cause I’m the twinkling little star

Who found out what it means to shine

Like the glorious stars up high.

So twinkle, twinkle little star

Twinkle little star

little girl, BIG expectations

With the Sky in My Hands

By: iHope Poet

What will I do with the sky in my hands;

With the clouds and the birds and the light in my hands?

What will I do as I hold to what’s true

With what’s there and so “real” and so “now” and so “blue”?

 I will stand very tall

Just to reach it and all

Oh, I'll probably falter a few or more times.

But still I’ll remain

With the world yet to gain

 I’ll have to have vision; be honest and brave.

Where will I go with the sky in my hands?

Will I travel to places not seen here on land?

How will I grip what I hold in my mind,

If right now I struggle to leave what’s past behind?

Well, the universe works

With the shadow that lurks

At the edge of all colors and stars up in space.

Though that darkness is bleak

I will not be made weak

By the things which seem evil; for good’s what I seek.

Why do I think of the sky like it’s mine?

Sometimes people feel they need big things to shine.

Well, I realize now that it’s not what I own,

It’s the good I achieve that will make my worth show.

So for now I will do

All I can to be true

Like the universe, sky and this massive world, too.

I won’t try to hold things

That are greater than me,

Instead I’ll take time to reach who I should be.