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Sibling

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I can't quote a night's sky and do justice  
to its secrets, yet sibling stars beckon,

they seem so close, pulling veils of modesty  
off of each other

while I'm poised under an arc of silence,  
its light tethering my gaze

even though time has snuffed them  
long before I stood alone in their wake.
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:bulletred: 10/20/12: I just found out that "Sibling" was chosen as a feature for week #43 in #EliteLiterature's Literature of the Week Winners gallery. Lovely surprise!
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I have to say that this is quite the beautiful work. Amazing words, delicate in execution and deep in meaning. I love works like these that don't use extremely verbose expressions to pull off - what some artists think is - 'deep' poetry. I feel that the depth of writing is as deep as the reader feels it to be. And this was a very good example for it. The first 'stanza' starts off well and the ending one... well that is what makes this work beautiful to read.