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Paper Stars

Close your eyes

 

Your world, not extending

beyond the soft quilt under

your skin, unending

 

 

Soft ripples of cloth, and picturesque seams

Nothing here but

You, me, the sky, and soft dreams

 

I'll reach up and take the stars from the sky

If only to lay them at your feet

to place them in your hands

to bring light into those glazed eyes

or give a glow to a world so bland

 

and each one would be folded

into a beautiful origami castle

I, the lord, and you, the vassal

Or perhaps me as the king

and you as a queen, whichever

My gentle playmate.. which one is better?

 

I'm a majestic creature of the sky

You're an empty-faced child on a quilt

Each star shall be used as a stepping stone

so I might meet you in the place I built

 

 

Let us meet, as lovers, or

at least equals

on this starry floor

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Written by
Silverheart
F / American
Published
May 2, 2018
Lines·Words
25·155
Notes

And your body falls into each soft fold

It's here, right here, that I can hold

you close, keep you safe and warm

so you, from the rest of the world

I'll withhold

Consider this a "romantic poem".. but not about me! Actually, this is a story I've sort of written. :)

Hmm, let me try to describe it. A little girl living in a world all her own, a world that's nothing more than an empty quilt with an endless sky. Above her, lives a sort of "sky-creature" and he happens to be in love with her, so he builds her a castle of stars.

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#stars#castle#dreams#love#story#sky
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