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starless

December 8, 2020
By Anonymous

You’re my complacency, my decency

When I’m in and out of stagnant

You’re my broken vase with pretty flowers

Perfectly imperfect

You keep me flying on my high, high hopes

When I’m locked inside a habit

It’s too good to be true

You’re my happiness, my tenderness

When all I’ve got is sadness

If my heart is heavy, my mind opaque

Your love, it stays relentless

‘Cause I’ve known and I’ve known daydreams

I know how they come and leave

So I know that you’re real

 

I’m miscellaneous

Not-too-spontaneous

I wish I could let go

But you’re a hotshot, you’re everything I’m not

And I love you for it every day

 

I’m looking up at starless sky

Cause all of the stars I see in your eyes

You’re wonderful, and I don’t know why

Timeless love only lasts a lifetime

In an atmosphere all alone

Clearing clouds in my mind move slow

While the rain’s passing, you should know 

Timeless things don’t come and go

 

You’re my memory in every object, every place we’d ever be

Like how we’d sneak out in broad daylight

Carve our names in the tree

Nothing besides you really mattered 

Blocked out completely

But I’ve got no regrets

 

You’re my frozen moment, my frozen feeling

When the clocks just tick too fast

‘Cause I’d build buildings from the ceiling

If it guaranteed we’d last

Every second like a polaroid

Duplicates don’t exist

How do I know this is real?

 

I’m extraneous

I’m instantaneous

You like to take life slow

You’re my soft spot

My polar opposite

I love you, and you should know

 

I’m looking up at a starless sky

‘Cause all of the stars I see in your eyes

You’re wonderful, and I don’t know why

Timeless love only lasts a lifetime

I’ve got a heart that’s made of styrofoam

If you shape, it it flakes and then breaks apart

Should the wind come, I can know

That I’ll turn around and not see you’ve flown

 

When I’ve got nothing else

When the ice finally melts

I know that you’ll still be there

So even if I look up and see a starless sky

I’ll know exactly where the stars are

 

I’m looking up at a starless sky

‘Cause all of the stars I see in your eyes

You’re wonderful, and I don’t know why

Timeless love only lasts a lifetime


The author's comments:

This is an indulgence of my obsession with stars. I live in a place where it's really cloudy, so for me it's a rare thing to be able to look up and just see stars. This work comes off as a passionate love song, though it's really just a celebration of natural beauty, inside and out, and how I find it in the people I love every day.


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