Literature
misunderstood venus.
There you are, so still and
quiet as if you are the space
you gaze upon every night -
there is a reason why stars
have human names sometimes,
why humans have star names
sometimes—you are a star,
you know, bright and burning.
Strings of syllables, though
they may shape the humanity
of your mouth strangely,
is all what is in a name; for stars,
they mean 'why' - they mean
'who' - they whisper the answers
to questions we haven't even
thought to ask.
You are a star, a vast and
unknowing prick of light that
draws the eye to your
constellation—after all, in
space, you can never be alone;
so, in place of privacy is an
untold story, a t