Starlight Despite

Star whom I think of
You are never out of sight
Though your light might not be easily identified,
Your glow radiates on,
Long after you make an impression upon my eye,
You are words that speak to my heart,
And echo the feeling of viewing this imperfect world,
You are hope,
A sign of the good there is,
There always is,
Despite,
For you are love

Contagious Light

The light that touches us,
Touches all of us,
But sometimes we are subject to being touched
By that same light,
Through another,
And we are inspired,
To seeing stars with brighter eyes,
Color with more depth;
To appreciate the smile of a homeless man,
The plight of a new mother,
The stories of lives clear across the globe;
To want to give more of yourself
To a force that is beyond your knowing;
To wanting to know and face the difficult;
To being a fuller version of yourself,
To exhibiting your own
Contagious rays of light