Star Kiss Poem by Raj Arumugam

stand close to your window
or stand in the open
for the stars, the benign stars
they want to kiss your sweet self


the stars want to kiss you
for they recognize you;
they want to bounce off your hair
and sit on your fingernails


for the stars want to kiss you
so lie down in your bed
close to your open window
or run across the fields -
see, do you see?
the stars want to embrace you
for they recognize you,
they know you


you don’t have to adopt
a seductive pose
or to have actor lips
or dancer hips;
still the stars want to kiss you
they just want to kiss every inch of you;
they just want to be caught in the gloss of each hair;
O, so look up at the stars
for they want to land softly on your lips;
the stars want to kiss you on your cheeks
they want to skate on your eyebrows
and they want to dance on your chin


so stand close to your window
or stand in the open
for the stars, the benign stars
they want to kiss your sweet self


O look up at the stars
yielding to them your face of love
for they recognize you
they want to see your eyes
for they know you
and as you look up
they descend to caress your face gently;
and the radiant stars
the living stars
they kiss you full on your cheeks and lips
and they whisper in your ears:
Child, Darling Child
Sweet Star Child -
we’ve found you at last;
we’ve found you at last,
Darling Star Child


so stand close to your window
or run across the fields in the open
for the stars, darling, the stars
they recognize you,
they know you,
they want to kiss you