Stardust

"What is in a star? Ourselves. All the elements of our body and the planet were in the bowels of a star. We are stardust." ERNESTO CARDENAL, "Cosmic Canticle"

It's worth
A life like a sun
A life like a sun
It's worth
It's learned in the cradle, it's learned in bed, it's learned at the hospital door. It's learned suddenly, it's learned little by little, and sometimes it's only learned at the end. All glory is nothing, all life is sacred, a little star on the periphery of a minor galaxy. One, among so many millions, and a grain of dust spinning around it. We will not leave a trace, just stardust.

It's worth
A life like a sun
A life like a sun
It's worth
It's learned in school, it's forgotten in war, a child teaches you again. It's in the mirror, it's in the trenches, it seems that no one seems to notice. All victory is nothing, all life is sacred, a swarm of molecules agreeing provisionally. A prodigious animal with the delirious obsession of wanting to endure. We will not leave a trace, just stardust.