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Stars
Stars defining darkness
darkness defining stars
the night is full of us
and though I raise
scanty rice from dark bowls
to my cracked lips
I believe in stars
that they will find a place
to be themselves only
an image free of darkness.
and though I raise my scanty
dying ink
to write pages and pages
I believe
each word is a
soul
a beginning and end to itself
each word belongs to itself,
not to the page,
as stars do not belong to the rain
that hides their sad, indefinable faces.
Stars defining darkness
darkness defining stars
the night is full of us
though I am placid,
my words contained in my own mind,
I believe and hope I will see my words
chase all the winds
in changing canopies
laughing, running,
burning, fleeing
tearing pages
in a part of me
where there will
one day be stars.
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One night as I was walking home, I looked up at the stars and wondered, Is the darkness defined by the stars, or are the stars defined by the darkness? What would a star be to us without darkness to make it shine?