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POEM STARTER
Submitted by Margaret Sok
'The stars smiled upon us, as if they knew we’d soon join them'…
Compose a poem that opens with this line.
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The stars smiled upon us
As if they knew we’d soon join them
I held you in my arms
Your innocent little face breaking my heart
A tear rolling down my face
Your little baby giggle making me second guess myself
But it was too late
The pavement got closer and closer
Oh I’ve never felt so free
Goodbye world
Hello stars, please care for my son in heaven...
The stars smiled upon us, as if they knew we would soon join them

But how they knew is the question I have to ask
How did they know that our lives were not to last
I mean, I knew I would be up there in the skies one day
I just didn’t figured it would be before I was turning grey 
I mean, they have been watching all of mankind from the moment we were born
So I guess they know when it is time ...
I lay in our casket
With your hand
Intertwined
With mine
Praying for the deep dark days
To come back to us
For to redo our biggest mistakes
To heal the stab wound
For the nights
We were up
Either making out
Or fighting till I cry
So I can call myself the monster
While you’re wearing the mask
For me to still have you
Laying besides me
If you want to break me
Just say that you were
Always in ...
The stars smiled upon us
as if they knew we’d soon join them
as if their light reaching us
were open arms
inviting us home
home
a place we’d never known
at least not in this life
The elders used to tell me
these stories of home
a place they claimed to have known
a place with food to spare
without drones in the air
and kids with no fright in their eyes
would grow up
and grow old
and the only sou...
The stars smiled upon us,
as if they knew we would soon join them.
We look into each others eyes.
Smiling but tears running down faces.
A first kiss.
And our last kiss.
It is long. Lovers joining from the moon to the sun.
A last year
A last tear
A bottle of arsenic
A blade.
You might call us Romeo and Juliet.
It is the only way.
And we don’t feel pain.
We feel love....
“The stars smiled upon us, as if they knew she’d soon join them.
She smiled back at them.
The sound of her laughter rough from her addiction.
It lingered on her like the smell of a perfume.
Trapping her in a blanket of the foul scent.
A lovely petite three story house.
Old white paint slowly chipping off.
Slippery stone stairs.
‘Be careful on those stairs.’
Saying that for the millionth time.
We ...
The stars smiled upon us, as if they knew we’d soon join them
our hands interlock
and hold with a squeeze
my eyes start to blind with tears
but your eyes are filled with worry
our time has come too soon youd say
but id say its just right
you may weep inside
and you may not ever admit
i see you admire each star
not just one
your eyes dart to a ton
strange how you still care about everythin...
The stars smiled upon us, as if they knew we'd soon join them.
The skies smiled upon us, as if they were welcoming us to them.
The birds smiled upon us, as if they waited to teach us how to fly.
The trees smiled upon us, as if they were watching to see our roots.
The rivers smiled upon us, as if they wondered what our current would be.
The grass,
The flowers,
The fires,
The hills,
The valleys,
The...
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