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Searching for Stars

I once was there
….where you are
I’ve touched glistering stars
with my fingertips
I saw my future scintillate
shimmering with promise
I held it all gently
in the palm of my hand
and marveled at the rarity
of the treasure I possessed

…but ever predictable is time

and the slow tick of the clock
mindlessly pulsed my heart beat
as night and all the stars
shining so bright
were barbarically consumed
by the ravenous break of day
taking all the sparkle of forever
than once shone so bright
destroying any possibility
of all I had faithfully
…. held so tight

only leaving behind
a rainbow filled with questions
that had no end
and the faint aroma of a rainstorm
that never began

except for tears that silently fell
into my empty palm
where I held them precious
cursing the injustices
of all that went wrong
and for a moment forgetting
who I really was
as I gave into the ache
of all that was lost

…. but I am forever a believer

and the possibility calls out to me
minute after minute, day after day
so I stand here…all alone beneath
starfilled night after moonless night
gazing into quasi-promised skies
a soul laden with longing
and hope filled eyes
because somehow I just know
…I truly believe
that there are more stars
shining just for me

©LadyRaine