Once a Star

Wail yourself away, o heart, Far away from home and love; Wail, but strive to soar above To the sky’s eternal art! We ourselves were once two stars, Long before we had divined That the fate we’d been assigned Would inflict us grievous scars. If we’d known the things to come, We might have remained on high, Where we could have spurned the sigh Whose dull weight we’ve overcome. Now together, you and I Must rebuild our house of joy, And derail the sordid ploy Which deceives the callow eye. In the chambers of the mind We will find a place to dwell Where our hope, renewed, will quell Passions vain and left behind.