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Shattered Stars
What would sunlight look like if it shattered into a m i l l i o n p i e c e s?
Would it become a p a r t of a beautiful e.e cummings poem with metaphorical
words spilled on paper?
I s it strange to dream of this rhetorical question?
I want to s
e
e w h e r e the atoms would s p
t t e
r.
l
a a
Would they f l o a t into the unknown?
Or would they staytogether hoping to find a new light?
I think they escape into the river gasping for air in search
of a new compound—-a surge strong enough to keep them together.
When people g o and s
e
a the light, are they given
pieces of the star, in hope to put the puzzle back to get her?
Would it be strange to see where the atoms would splatter?
I only wish to know if I can feel the aurora when ever the star dies
like my s
h
a
t
t
ered
dreams.
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