Jackie Chou Poet Rhyme

The Sky Tonight

The sky tonight is full of scars
Gaping like my heart-flesh
Punctures of its myriad stars
Still bloody red and fresh

Oh night, don't slip away
I have much more to say
Before you turn to day

I will make right
The sky tonight

September 17th, 2021
Quietus

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Christuraj Alex October 4, 2021 at 9:40 AM "Oh night, don't slip away I have much more to say Before you turn to day" Indeed, so poetic! Congratulations!

Jan Allison September 17, 2021 at 1:45 PM imagery is superb I love poems about the moon and stars, good luck in the contest Jackie Chou September 17, 2021 at 1:48 PM Thank you Jan!