8/26/2009

Dying Star

Where inside the mangled stone
are remnants of light, the fading
moss, the self imagining warmth?

One night, reaching through darkness
I touched a star. It was cold and damp.
Through my skin, its fading brightness,

like a dream of fire, reminded me
of a past life. There's not much more
to remember than what it felt like

to hold it in my hand.

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