Matthew Wilson - One Poem

Apollo's Kin

                               

Stars are the sun's stubborn children

that broke off piece by piece

burning up too fast

in their quest to be independent.

Some will lose their way among the angry asteroid

and others, mere children, will smash

themselves to dust

on the surface of dead worlds.

Some will reach the home of men,

and warm wet cheeks.

Some find vengeance and burn the eyes

of their admirer

or scorch their home because they have none.

Spiteful, beautiful energy lighting the cold, dark

of space.

Running at impossible speeds.

Trying to find its way back home.

Matthew Wilson, 29, is a UK resident who has been writing since small. Recently these stories have appeared in Beyond Centauri, Starline Poets Association and Carillon Magazine. He is currently editing his first novel.