A Fable

The stars are chips of a broken radience

that crashed into the sea. In longing

and unrequited love, they hid

from the bright sun, unwilling

unable to bear the reminder

of all that they had lost. The moon

took pity upon the shattered fragments

and treated them with kindness. Drawn

by her unflinching devotion, they gathered

and basked within her glow. Forsaking

the harsh, strident light of day

for the mysteries of the night.