Letters to Life: Letters written to a loved life

burning

caution: do not hold on too tight

you started picking the stars that fell over the years in the name of your unanswered prayers in an effort to adapt their brilliance.

first. you adorned them over the insides of your ribcage.

second. you suspended them all through your cranium.

third. you stuffed them in all the empty spaces.

fourth. they started competing for space inside you.

fifth. they started colliding violently.

sixth. you hurt.

seventh. you learned the difference between shining and burning.