On the Intimate nature of Stargazing
This entry is from my gay-interest poetry blog for September 2012.
Meanwhile...
ON THE INTIMATE NATURE OF STARGAZING
Once I wished on a falling star
as lovers the world over will do,
that soon we can be together,
knowing you’ll be wishing too
The star vanished in the night,
though others kept me company
as I wondered how you are,
knowing you’re thinking of me
I felt even closer to you then
than at times when you’re here,
fighting back tears, the zen
of star-crossed lovers anywhere
No heavens frowning upon us
(see the Old Man take our part)
only the world’s prejudices
would force us, gay lovers apart
For now, they may have won
a battle or two, but never say die,
for love will see us through
in this as in darker years gone by
For every person wishing us ill,
others echo Earth Mother, calling
on us to live, love, and follow
a dream for every star that's falling
May we each find joy and peace
in one another, wherever we may be,
make the world a kinder place,
let all its star-crossed lovers go free
Copyright R N Taber 2012, 2019
[Note: An earlier version of this poem appears
in Tracking the Torchbearer by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books,
2012]
Labels: consciousness, global, human, imagination, inspiration, LGBT, loss, love, memories, mind-body-spirit, nature, personal space, poetry, positive thinking, relationships, sexuality, spirit, stargazing
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