Star Child

Sunflowers pierce perfumed soil

leafing from her fresh footprints.

An eternal spring blooms beneath

her glistening summer skin.

Winter beasts cower in the shadows

of her fiery crown.

Kindness sprouts from her fingertips.

Her arms extend like olive branches

bearing fruit sweeter

than a newborn’s laugh.

Her neon heart burns brighter

than a sea of floating candles.

Dive deep into her Ocean City eyes,

her heart heavy as buried treasure.

Birds perch on her pair of horns,

two demon hooks reaching for

empty spaces in a desolate sky.

The night cradles her sweet silence.

Counting the stars, punctures in a void,

for a moment she forgets they are dead.

A precious gem beats in her chest, a fiery

carnelian. She rises like the morning star

over ghosts shrinking in her horizon.