They end the day
forgetting darkness,
declaring that each star is a flame come
to rob victory from the cold night,
knowing
that when morning comes
they will be one step
further away and one step
closer together.
Andrew Senior is a writer of poetry and short literary and speculative fiction, based in Sheffield, UK. His work has been published in various places, including Ekstasis, Fathom and Story Warren.
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