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Starlight

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By the light of a million stars
the fishing boat sails
unaware of the coming storm.
The waves shake the boat,
pounding at its hull
like horseshoes upon solid ground.

By the light of a million stars
the fishermen are thrown to the deck
and flung side to side.
The lifelines tense,
the lifelines fray,
but the fishermen keep sturdy grasps.

By the light of a million stars
one hand slips,
closely followed by another
and a fisherman is consumed
by the ocean's frothy waves.

By the light of a million stars
the sea starts to calm
and the last survivors stand up on shaky legs.
Counting heads
three have been lost
and they continue on their dreary way.

By the light of a million stars
they make it to the shoreline,
collapse upon the Earth,
hold each other tight
and fade into the night.

© 2011
Wowee I do not know where this came from.
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intricately-ordinary's avatar
I think of stars as lit up dreams,
so I love the metaphor that they fall to the light of other's fortune.
In my head, at least :meow: