fifty oil pastel stars

last night i could count
fifty stars, oil pastel blue
on the sky, at a distance
twinkling to themselves
twinkling for no one

last night i stopped counting
stars - once i counted fifty
bright blue oil pastel stars
that twinkled for no one
and went to sleep

last night in my dreams
i saw more bright blue stars
fifty more of them i could count
in bright blue oil pastel
i counted the stars, till fifty
that twinkled to themselves

and woke up to this morning