Do not let
Them douse
Your heart full
Of stars with
Their handful
Of dust.

#poetry

@Aphelion I like your short-form poems.

Spare words
sharpness cuts through
feeling
and pain

Like
Orion’s sword
coldly cuts through
moonlight
and space

[ps: The first stanza here was meant to be a direct response to your poem. I didn’t muster a closing stanza that I’m proud of, but I looked up at Orion in the night sky, and that’s what Orion offered for tonight. I may revisit and rework this poem some day.]

@MarkBrigham gorgeous! Thank you 🖤
@Aphelion Thank you, that means a lot coming from you. And I promise I’ll try to write a better second stanza someday
@MarkBrigham it’s great the way it is!