How Stars Appear

Made from hope and fists balled tight the secret handshake of manhood and mistrust fell heavy, It anchored his identity and moved him through the seas of poverty And like how stars just appear, He became fight, hostility, crime No longer a casualty to life’s turbulence but instead, a creation of his own bad decisions Reprieve met him at the tip of the needle And like how stars just appear, He became recklessness, loss, detachment His chipped shoulder and heartbeat made of hot stones Melt his ambition and push me towards the shore But I always come back And like how stars just appear, He became intrigue, passion, something more I’m his safe haven made up of the moments he slept through, Playing hide and seek with the parts of him that his track marks held hostage He can see my hope while I watch his war And every time he looks at me, I can see everything that’s beautiful