Rust and Stardust

“For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.”
—Langston Hughes, The Big Sea

It was a night

when the moon

looked sad

naked

a perfect

faded orb

nestled

in the faded

charcoal

night

the rainbow

blanket

of clouds

scattered

wispy webs

some beauty

lulling

quietly

in the disarray

of everyday

to make you smile

forgetting

your

sadness

for a moment

showing you

what you’ve

missed

longing

for a

phantom

feeling

wishing

I had more time

with you

and the rest

is rust

and stardust

I remember

you telling me

you don’t have to live

forever

you just have to live

the stony house

you wanted

with the lonely

torrets

where

the street

had no name

except for bright

you were

always

looking

for the light

inside

we were

never mistaken

in the silence

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~