How To Catch A Dying Star

This is one of my most popular poems on the poem site and has won three gold trophies and several silver and one bronze..it was written for a quote. It also is the poem most commented on and it will be in a book of poetry I am working on.

10."If I gathered all the burnt out stars in the sky would it bring back that broken smile of yours" - Unknown

How To Catch A Dying Star..by Dee Edgett

 

 

I have become

a gardener of moonlight,

constantly shifting its reflection

into the space-less-ness

that you have left behind. 

 

I tunnel across the sky

rescuing dying stars,

I turn them over

looking for any leftover glitter

from yesterday’s wishes. 

 

I dig at your memory

like a bewildered cat

scratching too hard

at a speck of sunlight

it found, jumping along

the edge of the walls. 

 

I put you away,

then pull you out again.

I don’t understand

why I can’t be done

with  this endless recycling

of leftover love and dying stars.