Art, poetry

Stardust

Posted by Red Balloon on

in a distant eon, you and i

were stars.

tumble and spark,

ether and eterntity,

dust and light,

while the world was

being born.

we were young.

fierce and shining

like a child’s eyes.

in a distant eon, you and i

were stars.

rock and fire

distance and delight.

while the world flourished

we joined birthday parties

for planets,

harmonized like a trillion crickets,

danced like dervishes.

in a distant eon, you and i

were stars.

in the multiverse we stand

seeing who we were while we are, now.

someone calls us by our names

words, made of stardust and flesh,

creating our constellations.

Stardust, Kaushalya Bannerji, 2020

Published by Red Balloon

I am a chronically ill queer artist and writer. I have a number of degrees in higher education and have spent most of my life interested and active in social movements against racism, militarism, misogyny and homophobia. Over the course of my life, I have worked in the world of alternate news, translation, law, teaching, and with progressive cultures, music, poetry, performers, and artists. I speak and understand a few languages and plan to share media in them on this blog. I am a poetry, art, music, and nature lover with an especial fondness for cats!

One Comment Add yours

  1. Paula Pat Rayman says:
    March 17, 2020 at 11:44 am

    Lovely!

    Like

    Reply

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