My Stars

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I count the stars in the night sky the way I count the scars on my skin  
There are too many to count  
 
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I divide the sky into quadrants representing each part of my body  
There are so many  
 
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I reach to feel the stars I see, wishing I could feel them the way I feel my pain  
There isn't a way to describe it  
 
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I continue to count... still in the first quadrant... still on one arm  
There are so many, overlapping
 
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I take a break from the stars in the sky and look at the one's on my body  
There are so many directions  
 
There are so many sizes  
 
There are so many colors  
 
There are stars all over my body  
 
121 to be exact  
 
I am the night sky and I let my stars shine because they give me light