You Are My Star, My Center

On stage and in life

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

In your youth
you played supporting roles
on school stages —
the mother, the aunt, the older woman —
but now
you play the lead role
in our life —
my wife, my partner, my best friend —
now you are
my star
my center
my wonderful darling lady
with a light that never dims
and a smile that takes me back
to a love that never fades

For my wife, Debra, of whom I am somewhat fond.

And for Jenny Justice, who innocently asked for star poetry and got hit with odes to my wife. At least from me.

A Justice Poetic July

#1:

Stars Like A Wheel

#2:

“Space is deep, Excellency.”

#3:

Strange Attractor

The one at the top of this page is #4, if you were paying attention. It was #847 if you weren’t paying attention. What have you learned from this?