stars

Alexandra 1996 (Van Nuys, CA)



there were no stars in the sky
i asked you to fix it
your fist kissed my face
and i grinned
there were stars dancing in your pupils
and blood dripping from your knuckles
i do not remember the name for these stars
but i think it rhymed with love

About this poem

it’s about how someone can romanticise anything if they love someone

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Written on April 17, 2023

Submitted by caysie2009newman on May 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEEFG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 248
Words 54
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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