Constellations

The light was leaving in the west, it was blue The children's laughter sang Skipping just like the stones they threw Their voices echoed across the waves It's getting late It was just another night With a sunset and a moonrise Not so far behind To give us just enough light To lay down underneath the stars Listened to Papa's translations Of the stories across the sky We drew our own constellations The west winds often last too long But when they calm down Nothing ever feels the same Sheltered under the Kamani tree Waiting for the passing rain Clouds keep moving to uncover the sea Stars up above us chasing the day away To find the stories that we sometimes need Listen close enough and all else fades Fades away And it was just another night With a sunset and a moonrise Not so far behind To give us just enough light To lay down underneath the stars Listen to all the translations Of the stories across the sky We drew our own constellations