she sees no stars within her eyes
to her, they’d have no business there
unimpressed by fragile traits
though hers may be beyond compare
she plays the ordinary girl
and seeks an ordinary life
something there I sense concealed
beyond ordinary strife
kept in check, restrained, withheld
her heart seems always left behind
each adventure carefully steered
through safe harbors in her mind
from a distance I approach
tripping, fumbling, just a fool
backward spins the hands of time
and I’m a boy again in school
awestruck by the very gifts
she has chosen to dismiss
all of me is all at once
rendered speechless, motionless
what to say, no, what to do
confused, I simply stand aside
with no words to reach her heart
or show her what I feel inside.
she sees no stars within her eyes
though I am blinded by their light
left to simply lie awake
and contemplate their course each night
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