The stars are out
but we don’t know
‘cause someone stole
their nightly glow.

A mystery
we have to solve
with hastened pace
and quick resolve.

A clue of sorts
might be the moon;
it’s there at night
but gone by noon.

It floats above
high in the sky
but goes unseen
and here is why:

The sun is out
and shining bright,
it hides the moon
with all its light.

But there’s no sun
when night gets dark;
why can’t we see stars
from our park?

Another clue is
on your porch
shining brightly
like a torch…

One by one
our lights come on
and make the darkness
look like dawn.

The stars above
they can’t compete
with all the light
out on our street.

So now at night
we hardly know
they’re dazzling with
a nightly show.

Planets, stars
and meteors streak,
but too much light
has made them weak.

The source of all
this light we see,
comes from folks
like you and me.

For reasons most
of us can’t say,
we want the night
to look like day.

Some say safety,
some say crime,
some just forget
to take the time.

It’s not too hard
for us to see
the answer to
this mystery:

All we need
to keep things cool,
is to remember
one small rule…

To see the stars
bring back the night;
when you go to bed
turn out your light.