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To Swallow A Star


Stars are hard to come by this age

since we keep our heads in cages


Centuries  ago since people could only look to one another, and to the skies

Some men found ways to keep them

"Eat one on your darkest day"-

whispered the elders


Long hair flowing like a river

Hiding my tears

I swallowed the star

It tasted tart, like the seeds of a pomegranate


People love to watch bright things

fall from the heights

Is it a forbidden for something of earth To touch A strand of heaven? I wipe starlight from my salted lips Mysteries of the universe ablaze within me


 
 
 

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