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Star that Lights my Sky

August 1, 2011
By Mousey BRONZE, 7, New York
Mousey BRONZE, 7, New York
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Parallel my life to the barren night,
My heart lost in space, the final frontier
You would be the jeweled stars—my whole world’s light
Shedding brightness on my black atmosphere.

But the bloody sun creeps up from behind
Disintegrating you with his lingering touch
On our mistakes and past his light doth shine--
His dawn dooms us in letting the world see too much.

His fiery majesty steals the light from the stars,
Banned to shine in the black of another sky,
He tears the flesh of the love that is ours
The broken horizon bids you goodbye.

Though drowned by the sun, the stars still do shine,
Diamonds of heaven, their pale glow persists
And while your heavenly sight is blocked from my eyne
Like the stars , I know that my Romeo exists

The author's comments:
This is a poem from Juliet's point of view, based on the play "Romeo and Juliet". In it she compares Romeo to the stars in the sky, brightening her darkness. She stresses yet another comparison between the two by relating the way they both disappear during the day...The stars fade under the gaze of the sun, while Romeo is limited to seeing Juliet only after dark. And yet, although he is out of her sight, Juliet knows she has his heart and love.

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