Poetry Wednesday

To the girl who asked me why I love the water:

A boy who drifted

in the shallows each day, waiting

to be stung by the jellies there that

worshipped him

(he did not know he was their king)

Annnnnnnnd something not-mine that I love:

The More Loving One
by W.H. Auden

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.