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i've learned to love the stars

July 3, 2013
By Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou


nikki giovanni said
“those who ride the night winds
must learn to love the stars":
as one who rides
the untamed night winds
and is a child of the sun
and pregnant moon
i have learned to love
the myriad stars
children of the sun
and pregnant moon

i love those jagged edges
resembling broken glass
that slice my fingertips

the heat that melts

my skin like

candle wax

the way they all

gather without me

to make orion

and his dog

the empty holes

they leave behind

like adulterous lovers

yeah i’ve learned to love
those fickle bastards
despite our differences


The author's comments:
This poem is inspired by Nikki Giovanni's poem "This Is Not for John Lennon (and this is not a poem)". And inspired by, of course, one of my literary pals here. You all know who.

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Mckay ELITE said...
on Jul. 8 2013 at 3:37 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

Thanks, super awesome pimp! ^u^

on Jul. 8 2013 at 12:41 pm
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski

This is soooo pretty! DX It's kind of chaotic, and just awesome.