A Falling Star

Random First Lines: Life just keeps pullin me downNothin goes my wayGuess it doesnt matter anywayBut these things that I hearLife is... : Poetry » Read

Poem By: PaintersPen
Poetry

Tags: star, fallen, falling, love, release

"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away." What if the star fades? View table of contents...

Submitted: Feb 5, 2008 Reads: 82 Comments: 2 Likes: 2

So I’ll sit here tonight

And let the stars fall apart

Wonder at the treacherous light

Cry inward tears of a fallen heart

Begin falling with that starlit stream

Just waiting on a sunbeam

Yes tonight I’ll sit lonely

Under this star drenched sky

And dream a dream of you and me

Of all that was said that bid it die

I am that star on this velvet night

Far away but still in sight

So tonight you’ll sit and wish on me

Bid me fall and leave the sky

But a fading light of what could be

Shimmer in your arms but unable to fly

I wish you could see its not you and me this time

Falling stars fall but no longer shine

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Comments:

Lionheart
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Wow, not sure how much i can say on this. My attention came from the first line in your summary. I remember that song.... or im not sure actually, but they are words that are in my mind since childhood.
It was beautifully sad like most of your work, but i love it all. Im a sucker for stars and 'out of the square' thinking, and i think thats what this was. Its a new favourite. I am going to add it as a link on my page because i like it so much :D
The imagery is just gorgeous and i dont have a big vocabulary so i will just be repeating myself if i keep typing. Really loved it, thankyou for a great read.

Posted: Feb 29, 2008

Author Comment:

Thank you so much. Yes i heard an old friend singing those words and although i had no distinct memory of the lullaby it resonated childhood memories in me. And i love taking the simplicity and beauty and inherent innocence of childhood and contrasting it with the views life and circumstance has shaped me in, with the change "growing up" brings. Thanks for a great comment. :)