Signals Beyond The Dust

On a hill where no one climbs anymore

An old observatory waits alone

Its metal bones are stained with years of rain

Its windows blurred by weather and stone

They built newer towers in brighter towns

With polished glass and flawless sight

While this forgotten lens kept staring upward

Through endless corridors of night

Every storm left another mark

Every season changed its frame

But the sky never asked for perfection

Only someone willing to remain

So let the dust stay where it settled

Let the scratches map the years

Some lights only reveal their secrets

To eyes that have looked through tears

The stars beyond the reach of daylight

Don't care how worn the mirror seems

Sometimes the oldest broken telescope

Finds the farthest hidden dreams

There were nights it thought its purpose ended

Silenced beneath the weight of rust

Watching brighter instruments celebrated

While its own name dissolved to dust

But somewhere in the frozen darkness

A distant signal crossed the black

And every flaw upon its surface

Helped that faint reflection travel back

So let the dust stay where it settled

Let the scratches map the years

Some lights only reveal their secrets

To eyes that have looked through tears

The stars beyond the reach of daylight

Don't care how worn the mirror seems

Sometimes the oldest broken telescope

Finds the farthest hidden dreams

Maybe worth was never measured

By how untouched a thing could be

Maybe every scar became a doorway

Opening what clean glass couldn't see

Now the night is filled with answers

Hidden far beyond the blue

And every mark I tried erasing

Led another signal through

If they ask me what survived the weather

I won't speak of what was lost

I'll point toward the distant constellations

And the roads their light once crossed

Because the sky remembers every watcher

Who refused to turn away

And even a weathered lens can carry

A universe of light someday

Still shining

Across the dark