moon&stars

One of the things that I like most about this new place is the unobstructed view of the night sky. Before, the trees crowded over the lawn, the drive, and the house so that when you stepped outside, hardly anything was visible.
I can't help but notice how the stars seem to form deliberate patterns in the sky, almost like a picture book, or hieroglyphics, or a code of some sort. Many shapes seem to be pointing at something, like directional signals, but what they are pointing to is just beyond our view. If you look away, your peripheral vision picks up even fainter signs and the stars just out of your central vision are brighter than when looked at directly. It is a beautiful view, best seen around 4 A.M. when the moon is furthest and the sky is dark. If it is possible, they seem to have drawn closer than when I was a boy.
Some may say that it is just gravitational pull that aligns the stars in such a unique and precise display, others may look and say it's just random.Yes, I've seen the movie, "a beautiful mind" and it's not like that. Astrologers and seamen see them for what use they may serve. Ancient peoples may have seen them as gods. There seems to be something mathematical, and logical, about the placement of the stars, but the scale is so grand, that we cannot comprehend.
Whatever is the answer to this mystery, I can't help but believe that there is reason in this picturesque scenery, that it has been put there for a purpose, that it is writing in the sky. Whatever the motive, it is deliberate and well placed, and can be enjoyed by skeptics, and scholars, and laymen alike.
For centuries, man has looked to the sky for answers, but has not been able to come to any significant judgment, only hypotheses, and theory, all vague, and inconclusive. I believe it is more simple, that is why it escapes us, it's splendor overwhelms our senses and we try too hard to unbelieve. When my grandchild is here, we enjoy pointing out the moon, and the brightest stars, and they bring wonder to us both, as she seems to accept them more easily as they are, without prolonged explanation.