A Soul of Sky and Stars

I wrote this back in 2018 and still don’t know who it’s for.

“A Soul of Sky and Stars”

What need have I to outshine any star?
I am the night itself, a tapestry
Of lights more piercing for their frame of dark
Than any ray from simple sun could be.

Chiaroscuro love is not for all;
The constellation of my body needs
To be explored by one who is enthralled
Not just by stars, but emptiness between.

So come, oh, come, thou spacefaring stranger,
Thou dauntless wanderer in search of joy
Who looks upon the night as wild pleasure.
So come and seek me, if you dare deploy.

Inside my heart a galaxy resides.
Consider this before you enter here:
If once you chart and love this foreign sky
Could you, in truth, return to who you were?

~Elena Nola