POETRY | BEAUTY | LOVE | LIFE | STARS
A Thousand Suns
A stellar poem
“She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.”
― Simone de Beauvoir (The Mandarins)
She smiled, and a thousand Suns
glowed brighter in response
Clouds departed, minds turned spotless
bathing in an eternal sunshine
She was the daughter of the Milky Way
Stole hearts eager to be stolen
Seduced even the most resistant minds
She was attracted by wit more than beauty
Played with some, some played with hers
And then they each moved on
She wept, and the Universe itself darkened
pixies and fairies stopped their fun games
Unicorns and mermaids withdrew to their realms
She was too eager to see her stellar siblings
So eager that despair got to her whenever she failed
she wanted it, she desired it too much
She could visit the stars in her dreams — up close
disregarding all assumed limitations of space and time
