So Simple a Star
so simple a star,
for oh so long
it glitters, in my eyes —
still alive.
living things have walked this path
in love, excited, lonely and ragged.
do stars fall like rain or snow?
do they stop the cuckoo clock?
the sky — like the sea manifest,
a prayer to touch.
pondering the last star —
is it the same as the first?
is it close to my heart
or far?
is it perhaps Rilke’s white city?*
perhaps...perhaps
12/17/2018
*Lament by Rainer Maria Rilke
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