Learning the Hard Way

When I was young, I learned about the stars.

My dad would make me look up

as he pointed at each one

and spoke carefully---

trying his best to teach me what he could.

"The light that you see now 

is from millions of years ago,"

he’d tell me.

But it wasn’t until I grew

and lost you, my love

that I could understand

how something from the past could have such a lasting impact

how something from the past could be so present

But oh, how I understand now.

Oh, how I understand now.

Reviews

[SquinklaPsyOps]

Is there ever a way to find words?
When all the feelings weigh so long
When crying only seems to burn
And all alone it seems so wrong

[tessa victoria]

i don't know why, but I ended up crying towards the end. I love it!