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Wonderful Star

from Wonderful Star by Summer Russell

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Omicron Ceti--"Mira"--is a variable star, the first to be discovered by earthlings. She is 300 light-years away and about 6 billion years old, and she has a comet-like tail that is 13 light-years long! At the time I wrote this song, in July 2022, she was at the peak of her brightness.

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Stillness and quiet
Here they surround me
Suddenly spying a faraway gleam

Lanterns of fire
How they astound me
Flickering, dancing,
Alive, it would seem

Night will not tame you, yet I dare to name you
Maker of miracles, furnace of dreams

Mira, Mira, wonderful star
Strange in my reckoning, fair in my sight
Fortune upon you, whoever you are
And lucky the seeker who glimpses your light

Long have you traveled
Ages on ages
Leaving a shimmering path as you go

Infinite places
Teach me your patience
Teach me to treasure what I cannot know

Down through the centuries counting your mysteries
Will you return again, someday?
Someday

Mira, Mira, lady of lightness
Hidden in shadow as galaxies wheel
Cast off your raiment of heavenly brightness
Splendid in all that you choose to reveal

Mira, Mira, wonderful star
Strange in my reckoning, fair in my sight
Fortune upon you, whoever you are
And lucky the seeker who glimpses your light

Wonderful star
Wonderful star

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from Wonderful Star, released October 7, 2022

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