Saturday, August 16, 2025

For All the Stars (I've Wished Upon)

Once upon a time,
A vast of labyrinth 
In the sky.
I wished upon a star 
So ephemeral,
But it was an epiphany 
In my heart.

My pristine heart
Found ebullience,
Like a limerence,
In the oblivion 
Of the dark...
Opalescence.

So again 
And again 
I wished on every twinkle,
On constellations,
And nebulae,
Orion and Equulei.

Oh! But Alas!
Each and everyone 
Fell.
To grant my wishes, 
My fervent prayers,
At night I spelled.

They left 
The heavens. 
Leaving my sky
Empty and barren.
As deep sense 
Of sonder, in me deepens.

Where have all
The Stars gone?
I wonder 
As I look up
And wished to see them
Again, one by one.