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Night-Whisperer

January 26, 2021
By Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
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Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
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The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me

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Waltz of life—

From the canyon of night,

my sleepy feet learned to dance.

Sweet are the stars.

Bright is the moon.

God will not change.

Mighty oceans roar

and no one’s true love

is ever in vain.

Dance, war-weary child!

Dance, freak and outcast.

The shackles fly,

my mouth opens to the sky.

The grass is a soft sweetbed.

I’m crazy but I don’t care.

The world smells of things growing.

Green is the spring.

Yellow is the wall.

White is the winter.

No one’s true love

will ever be in vain.

 

From the Grand Canyon of the night

My sleepy feet learned to dance,

my hands learned to hold a baby star,

my tongue learned to taste

ambrosia from the Milky Way.

Through the waltz of days—weeks—months,

years and eons.

Dance!

© Rebecca F., Madison, SD

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I am homeschooled, and poetry is the jar I am pickled inside.

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This article has 6 comments.

FrancescaLM BRONZE said...
on Feb. 21 2022 at 9:14 pm
FrancescaLM BRONZE, Mendocino, California
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amazing! Keep posting!
CaliFranceGurl648 GOLD said...
on Feb. 9 2022 at 5:55 am
CaliFranceGurl648 GOLD, San Diego, California
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“I am a California girl, born and raised, so flip-flops and cutoff shorts are my go-to look."<br /> <br /> – Meghan Markle

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Beautiful 😍
Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 24 2021 at 7:05 am
Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM, Kington, Other
26 articles 3 photos 284 comments

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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. —Rachel Carson

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I love this, it's very beautiful
WolvesRain ELITE said...
on May. 5 2021 at 9:24 am
WolvesRain ELITE, Walton, Kentucky
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This is an amazing piece of work, I can only dream of being this good!
SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Apr. 11 2021 at 11:42 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
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hey just so you know, you dont know how much it matter when you comment on someones work. it firstly encourages them to keep writing and know that people read it, and secondly puts new stuff up in the fiction tab. its really annoying that the same thing from 2009 is always the top voted and always the top commented, and nopony else ever gets a chance. keep commenting!