The Survivors’ Star
The Survivors’ Star
By Eliza Sible
If you look up at the sky, on a certain hour, of a certain night, you’ll see a special star
It’s filled with childrens’ cries and womens’ wooziness, seen but not said from afar
A liar might tell you it’s built from love
But a man will tell you the story of King David, “sent from above”
A story of its birth so beautiful and promising
With an end so horrible and grovelling
It’s like a tattoo that always stays
Or a burn imprinted by a farmer’s craze
It twinkles a bluish glow
Like the tears an unhappy widow would bestow
When you wish upon this star
Pray for the animals drowned in tar
For they were trapped and died in black
Still watching the life they’ll never get back
But forever, it sparkles and gleams
Letting you keep a hold of your dreams
They’ll tell you it’s all imaginary
You tell them it’s only temporary
Look up at the sky
And remember the cry
Of past people like you
And all who are new
It will keep your name in hand
And give it to the dusk’s marching band
Who will play in your dreams at night
And make the next day a little more bright
This special star
Seen from afar
Is for survivors
The Survivors’ Star
About this poem
This poem is for survivors of sexual assault. How even through everything we’ve been through, there’s a light in the end of the tunnel, and that is the little bit of hope we can hold onto.
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Written on July 25, 2022
Submitted by sibleeliza on August 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Ax aa bb cc dd ee aa ff gg hh ii jj kk ll aaxA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,206 |
Words | 240 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 |
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