A not so love letter (star dust)



STAR DUST
It's one of those bad habits, holding on to a cactus
Hoping to remove it's thorns, perhaps it could be a flower in need of rescue
Our stars aligned and our constellations united
But you were the sun, and i,the moon(so far apart and will never meet)
The pain of what was, the grieving of what ought to be and the agony of what will never be
Just like the lirio de los valles that only blossoms in the night and thrives in absolute darkness, remember...that night time is approaching and it only gets dark from here.
I fell in love with the sun, and just like icarus...i forgot i had wings that could melt.
Remember me, the phoenix that rose from its ashes, a fire that shouldn't have started.

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A short, compelling and gruesome story about the after effects from the experiences of a spiritual awakening, heart break and ego death, that all happened simultaneously.

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Written on July 08, 2023

Submitted by ivykalu on July 30, 2023

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Ivy Kalu

My name is ivy, and I'm a psychology student in my third year. I am 21 years old, and im an aspiring clinical psychologist and poet. I started writing poems at a young age, since high school. It was a talent that came out of the blue, but im appreciative of having such a gift. Poetry is a form of expression for me, it's a platform for me to voice out my thoughts, in doing so, it makes me feel less lonely. My reason for submitting this particular poem, out of all my poems, is because.. this poems represent a new, obscure and most wonderful phase in my life that i walked into, it is also the first poem that i wrote, after a writer's block that lasted for 3 years(a not so love letter) I'm looking forward to sharing more of my writings with you, especially the new project im working on, that's called THE AGE OF ADALI. more…

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