From the emptiness of night
He is illuminated, gazing.
“Venus”, he whispers, eyes bright,
Heaven reflected in his wonder.
Blanketed by an inky sky
We marvel, two pinpricks, breathing:
“I think I’ll go there, when I die.”
The stars beckon him.
A sense of loneliness creeps,
strokes with its icy fingers, mocking.
“I bet nobody will weep.”
His forlorn smile is the ghost of hope.
“...Let’s not think about that part.”
He is immune to me, to my pleading.
From me, the stars steal his heart;
He is lost to them in melancholy.
He twinkles.
Silence overwhelms.
The stars do not
can not save us.
About the Creator
AJ Birt
History nerd who likes to live in a fictional world... also pretty gay.
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 days ago in Critique
Comments (1)
Very thought provoking in such few words!