Monday, June 25, 2012

For every star in the sky


We could lay on our backs in the grass and write poetry for the stars

A specific stanza for every one of them

And we’d waste our years just breathing out new words


Breathing out the innocence of speech without intent

The breath that comes as naturally to us as it does to the grass

Breathing out the idiocy of less-then-a-moment’s thought

The breath that comes and goes without even realizing its passing

Breathing out the profundity of our souls

The miraculous breath that sustains everything

Breathing out the stupidity of young love


A stanza for every one of them.

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