Once
by Amy Fortuna

Your starlight glitters against my darkness--
will you be the jewel that I wear
shining bright above my heart,
glimmering in my hair,
or shatter-frail upon my breast?

Will I hold you to me, Obi-Wan?

Or will I choose to to cast you away,
a silver trinket to play with and lose,
a mere toy in your beauty?

All that glitters, they tell me, is not gold.

But once, I believe, I may seize you--
Your silversweet lips against mine
 enough to erase all eternity--
once to kiss and love you
then to let you go.

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