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I watch the ribbons of light overhead
with eyes that strain to view the mystery
that whispered to the ancients, now long dead,
as they peered into vast infinity.

There sits Polaris, once our faithful guide,
whose never ending brilliance showed the way;
The Zodiac still dances, filled with pride;
the future and the past in its display.

Their subtle influence when we are born,
though long dismissed, still tempts the primal mind
with promises to both guide and to warn
in secret writings glimpsed, that gods designed.

Though far away, they're closer than they seem.
These flashing sparks reveal our hidden dream.

Prompt for: June 17, 2014
Subject or Theme: Celestial Musings (interpret at will)
Word(s) to Include: Glimpse, vast
Forbidden Word(s): Astral, heavenly, milky way, moon, sky, space, star, sun
Additional Parameters: Pick any form you'd like as long as it consists of more than 7 lines. Please provide a link to the form you use.
Form: The English Sonnet   or Shakespearean sonnet has three quatrains and a couplet for a total of 16 lines. The rhyme is abab cdcd efef gg. This form is written in iambic pentameter.