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Cosmos in a Jar


I am Lost.

 

I am a collection of stars

and stardust

forced into

a too small shell.

 

I am a celestial being 

trapped in a body

too small, too plain

to contain all my wonder and beauty

 

The world around me wonders

why I wish to return

to the Cosmos

(My true home)

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