POEM STARTER
Submitted by Antaura Dawn
'The stars were what she liked most about the sky. Then, they started to fall.'
Write a poem based around this idea. You could include the line, use it as a central theme, or turn it into a metaphor.
Caretaker Of The Stars
She reached out to catch them - the stars
Gently pulling them to herself
Like a mother gathering her lost children
These delicate orbs, rising and fading
She had gazed at their mesmerizing glow
Wishing for too long and wondering if the tears she cast up in the sky had been forgotten
For these constellations spinning in her eyes
These silver night where she’d laid down her love
Had seemed to be the end
How she’d spent so long falling herself that she too was like a star
Waiting for someone to reach out and catch her
Only to see stars falling like the tear streaks
In a final mourning of the forever lost dream
And all she could whisper was goodbye
