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Broke Thoughts, Broke Stars

August 14, 2021
By SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]


Stars litter my soul

Broken, fallen stars

Like glass on the unswept floor

When the broom is lost

And only a mop remains

A mop, because I have plenty of water

Or tears anyway.

Same thing.

Oh, I want to laugh

That you call stars beautiful

If only you saw inside.

Maybe I would laugh

If I could.

It would feel good to laugh.

A  real laugh, that is.

A laugh in the heart of night

When I smile for no one

And the broken stars come out


The author's comments:

another real poem


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on Aug. 19 2021 at 5:38 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

my frien on ti from ages ago, abt5 t5he t5ime i joine. we conect5e on a if(anony6mus, we have online saft5y) platform an she isappeare

Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Aug. 15 2021 at 10:01 pm
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
172 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.
--me

Btw, who is firststeps? I tried typing the name in ti search and didn't find a user with that name.

Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Aug. 15 2021 at 10:01 pm
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
172 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.
--me

You are perfecting the art of devastating metaphors.