The sight of stars in growing dark Lends the soul a comfort still Knowing darkness will not fill The night completely; no, a spark Is always there, no matter where Your thoughts may lead you; blank and stark. The doubt will come again, it will-- But stars will light your…
The road is paved with light which welcomes dreamers Out of deserts, into gardens Only to remember In the desert The stars shone brighter still. postscript For day 20.…
Sweet history, near infinite your sea, Wave on wave, relentless to your shore. Come now and pave a mystery for me. As humankind has known so long before, The beauty of the stars is in their age And I look up, no need to disagree Upon my lips. Oh no,…
Love lightensAs soft starlight brightensEarth wrapped in a hurricane of snow Fold in a lampshade midnight wanderers who goTo feel with all their numbness, anything to knowCold itself is mortal, love not far Eternal, warm, unmarred,Snow-like stars. postscript For day nine of The Trois-Par-Huit. And interesting form based on…
Oh God, how did the sun turn into blood? How did the lunar surface start to crack? When all I did was lay my head to rest As nightfall, soft, cascading in a flood Bespoke my eyelids, conquered, muscles slack Embraced in heavy slumber on its breast. The night breeze…
All that we thought was lost is merely stars, Burning brighter still than moon or sun; But far, so far we cannot call them ours, Waiting out of reach and never won. This twilight drives an arrow through my soul, Clinging to the dust at end of day. Never to…
If you, who are the emptiness of space Fill all that is and was and will yet be, And to beholders have a nameless face, And see the future as a memory, Why then do you watch sparrows' darting flight, Or give a name to roses and to stars?…