City [12-8-06]

We have taken the stars from the heavens and brought them down to the earth,
Where we can touch them, and hold them in our hands,
And chain them to strings, and lock them in cages of metal and glass.

We have taken all but the farthest-reaching stars, who stare down gloomily
Between the emptiness their kinsmen left behind.

We have gone so far to embrace the stars
That all of the wonder has been drained from them,
And we are left only with discontent and an empty sky.

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Pnelma's Pen