August 29: Something Like a Star

The beauty of a star is best admired

Through distillation of the atmosphere,

So purest light may grateful eyes inspire

When it in darkened firmament apppears.

Though from a distance it may seem perfection

A star might crush you with its gravity,

Starve you in shadow with its pale reflection,

Or burn you with its light’s intensity.

Scorn not your ideal orbit of the sun

Whose brightness feeds your body, mind, and soul.

Though season pass as revolutions run

Its warmth and light your weary heart consoles.

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