Perpetual Stardust - by Andra Bostian Ferguson
Science tells us we are born of Stardust, A calamity of stars exploding.
What's left are gentle shining sparkling specks that we all cherish, wish on, and pursue. There is Stardust all around us In our hair, on our shoulders, In the palms of our hands, Hold them up and look now, we hold a million souls, Be mindful, take good care.
You and I circled each other, checked each other out quickly, that is our natures, and then there was an explosion -
It was that sudden, and yet it was quiet like the stars
It happened to each of us the same day, with the same song, and it enveloped us like the warm gentle breath of a lover.
From there it was clear we were finished.
Finished with futile conversation to kill time, or to explore other possibilities, we were finished with old tunes, and ready to begin our waltz.
We began our own fugue - our own history - and a love like neither had ever experienced.
I adored you - that was a word I had never spoken until a day at our cottage when I fell into your arms and felt I would be ever safe.
Over our years together our stardust sometimes cracked together in unsightly spasms, swirled in angry nuclear fusion, and threatened to explode us apart, (All well within typical astronomical object behavior you know.)
The noises were simply movements in our fugue - electronic jazz bang interspersed in our waltz.
Always we returned, came together, found our blues eyes locked and in step again, and always your blue eyes reaching my soul...
Always I will love you.
I am so glad we are stardust - that you land on my shoulders and caress me like a soft cardigan sweater. I’ll fasten the top button now so you will never blow away from me.
Now - I am forever in your Stardust - thank you... For the history lessons - the fun - your arrhythmic body and a tonal vocals...
For your endless dedication to your family ...
And...for the last looks we shared - our blues eyes grabbing last moments of our waltz...
I will walk among your Stardust the ever of my life -
See ... We sparkle, As I wear you now!
© 2013
Andra, I feel privileged for being able to read this, it is beautiful. What a lovely metaphor for what sounds like an amazing life together. Thank you for sharing your poetry.
Thank you. I know that you are new in the community, if you have any questions feel free to reach out to me. You can do this by clicking on my "name" and then you will see the "send mail" feature. I look forward to seeing you around andralisa. Once again, beautiful writing and my sincere condolences.
I... well... This poem is so pure and so touching I -- in ways I wish could be let out concisely --let you know how much I regret the my readings of the last few weeks: epic fantasies. I know it sounds a bit astray to the eye-opening, well-worded meanings of the post, but, surely, I mean, I can feel the empathy in my heart -- a stoic one. I've read eleven books in the last month; I feel like I've learned more from this post. I'm a part-time writer and part-time editor for various small projects. Gah, I'd pay (you) to let me put it into a PDF on my Kindle as inspiration, but, ah, it's kind of perfect where it is and how it is... I am so very sorry to hear about your loss.
I really hope this isn't taken the wrong way -- the poem just really moved me. Poetry is creativity; editing it can take away from the author's personality and meaning. I don't mean any harm... I just loved it so much I spent a little bit of time on it. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8xcrq0qtaayoyw6/Perpetual%20Stardu... EDIT: Thanks to lil pointing out the the double page. I've now narrowed it to one.
Beautiful to the point that I don't know what else to say.