Lucero

By Stranger

To those who speak your language
you are: Shining Star
But there are many such lights in the sky
And as always, I had need for something more
So I called you
What a mother's heart calls her children
As you did for me as well

And now you lay next to me
And the world is whispering your true name
And you are listening
And you whisper back your secret longing
And do not mention me

For you must cast your brilliance
Down from the heavens
For all the children who make wishes
And the sailors who have lost their way

So while I lay sleeping, you ascend
And when I turn to comfort myself
With your warmth and your shape
The night embraces me with cold and foreign arms
And tells me with a chill to my bones
It will be a long time until dawn


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Copyright 2003 Stranger
Published on Monday, May 12, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Sin On Monday, April 4, 2005, Sin (1135)By person wrote:

    this leaves me felling barren and bereft...you capture so much feeling in your words it is nothing short of amazing ~kristy

  • Mistress Morbid On Friday, March 5, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405)By person wrote:

    ~shudders~ I feel emptyiness....This poem is great.

  • Jonas On Monday, July 21, 2003, Jonas (715)By person wrote:

    i can get no more than a chilled sense from this piece... there is something below the surface i cannot touch... but as my glance catches these livid words i do truly feel dawn is a long way off...

  • A former member wrote: (Shiver) The hair on the back of my neck is standing up, always a sign that this is very good shit!

  • KittyStryker On Monday, May 12, 2003, KittyStryker (710)By person wrote:

    mmm. i felt this. :(

  • maddin foxxxy On Monday, May 12, 2003, maddin foxxxy (358)By person wrote:

    i love this one to death...the night is such a sacrade place and time....nice job!!

  • blackdarkness On Monday, May 12, 2003, blackdarkness (227)By person wrote:

    hey i really like this good jod...good way to express yourself!

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