Elena Welsh Poet Free verse

Memories In Stars

There is a star for every
shattered dream
every time a person breaks
a star is added to the endless canvas
of the sky
and as I stand

Breathe

and stare at those fond memories
above me-
I collapse with the weight of it all

false resolve became my downfall
for all of those 
broken hearts I tried not to see
tears that never returned to the
earth – to shower knowledge upon the future
what I have learned shall
never be shared 
scattered dreams on an infinite sky
beckon to me as I gaze at their glory

if I leave to join the stars

will you look for me?
when I, too, join those memories
and am
scattered across the sky

I don’t wish to hurt you
in my leaving
but staying will only cause more pain
here on the ground I
can’t fix you
but in the sky I
can be your guiding light

when I join the stars
don’t search for what’s left
of me on earth
look up for the memories I hold
the scars that will forever be mine

now as I lie in a 
field of stars
I can recall the feeling of joy
and once again I
am comforted by the warm glow of the dreams around me 

smile at me, would you?
for I am lost 
among bittersweet memories 
contradict me
when I lie to your face
feigning ignorance of myself

sitting in the field of memories
I claimed as my secret base
the haze washes over me
as I wait in
a cacophonous silence

in the glow of the stars 
I hold tightly to my identity
as dreams sweep
across my consciousness
and I stand and run
-towards you,
I think-
towards nothing, I believe 

now I run for eternity 
hiding from the pain of love 
fearing the sting of loss

and I stare at the earth
below me
to seek you out

and I find your heart

now patched up, 
newly healed from
the wounds I inflicted
and I reach out to you

but I am not there

the memories are my refuge
I have been banished from my earth
my scars are forever mine

and you can’t quite recall 
the stupid, reckless youth
who ran into the stars 
-retreated into memories-
bearing the mutilations of reality

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