north star limerence

a tender fleeting moment with the pole star*

i sat and watched the radiance of you, Polaris, yield to the light of day,

fading to my eyes with each passing minute.

i fixed my gaze so fervently,

holding your body with ferocity,

burning your light into my eyes,

holding a grey haze around you

for longer than i had anticipated was possible.

and when pink appeared on the horizon, the Sun behind me,

i lost you in my sights,

and shed a tear from each eye

at the loss of your body

and the effort of holding you—

a small death to be relived

with tomorrow’s dark morning.

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*Polaris, as I just learned — our beloved north star navigation point — is not one star, but three that we perceive as a single point of light.