stargazer

I was a stargazer

thick-witted and nescient

below one fantastic light

after another

I was a sifter of dreams

collecting the gems and

disregarding the ones

that lacked promise

I was a roamer, a vagabond

a wide-eyed know-nothing

guided by a tempestuous

echoing mantra 

until Love took my hand

and laid it upon her breast

and looked into my eyes

welcoming me home

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