Distant Stars
We fall in love
with what
we cannot reach.
Looking above us
at something
that we would like
to believe in,
something more
than our
earth-tied hearts,
wondering
why
we are separated
from their apparent
happiness,
and we are
left to wonder
what what it would
mean to be
somewhere else.
The stars
may never see this,
the view is
always different
when lost
above the clouds,
drifting in the darkness
that surrounds them.
They can only
twinkle and shine,
hovering
just out of reach
Some shine in other galaxies,
while others
died long ago,
and we on the ground
struggle to accept
that their time has passed,
marking in fading light
what used to use.
Do not hang
your emotions
on distant stars.
They may dangle
their possibilities
in the air,
but they will never
carry you along.
They can only
flicker in the distance
when darkness falls,
and fade
when the sunlight
leads them away.
They will
leave,
and
leave you
alone.
-Daniel Coston
September 8, 2012
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