Bella Melardi
Stars, Poetry
Snow fell today
After weeks of grey grounds
Stars blossomed from the soil
A blanket of stars
Is scattered across the ground
Specks of sparkling white
The sky is endless
You could fall and float
Into the starry sky-ground
Earth bleeds into the sky
And back into the ground
There is no border
There is no sound
I’m scared my footsteps may shatter
These stars into fractals of white
I lay on the ground
And make star angels
Giving them the stardust in my skin
A gift of starry flesh
To feed the sky
To feed the sky
My skin is apart of this world
This ground this dirt
I am alive despite it all
Even in the quiet isolation
I can still leave a mark
I can still exhale
I wish to sparkle
I wish
I wish
Bio: Bella Melardi is a poet and author. She writes about the political and personal. She attends OCADU. You can find her on instagram @poetluvs.