Starshine

Mistake me not

I know you're there

How could I forget

You and your dark wavy hair

I took a sip of coffee

My head tilted up

I noticed a twinkle of joy

As eyes met over my cup

Tempted as I was

Words forming in my head

It went off soon again

That wretched monster, wire fed

The folly came then

When a choice was made

A trap that ensnared many a man

Of which a price was surely paid

For the more we look down

At these unnatural blips of light

More so will our starshine fade
Back into the cold, abyssal night

-Izzat R.