Star Collector by Dara Siegel

October 4, 2023
Poem title: Star Collector Poet name: Dara Siegel Poem: I’m collecting stars. Consolations For constellations Cauterizing me with you. As if space was only up high. As if the birds and the geese were out of reach. But I have stars inside stuck to my bones As if this house outgrown and small Just wasn’t size enough at all. But I have galaxies inside Singing the night air buttoned by a single moon silver and wide Weaving me with you. And if I am sky then you are sky, too. End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Dara Siegel Dara Siegel is a wife, mother, English teacher and curriculum leader at a high school in Canada. She is an emerging poet who has been published by various print and online publications. Visit her Instagram page @theexistentialbean to read more of her poetry and to find out more about her future writing endeavours.