1st day of National Poetry Month

Stardust

iron is only naturally formed and forged from the core of dying stars

a death needed to breath new life

your wrist; it's veins

     (whether more blue or green

        for i've yet to hold them

           in my own two hands)

the blood flowing through them 

contains a substance called hemoglobin,

a protein which has four iron atoms

incorporated into its structure 

   your pulse 

     it seems

to already know the truth of your very existence

you are my favorite form of poetry

you are the most beautiful prose or sonnet

i could never think of

you have the same few atoms as the stars in the night sky

and your words leave traces of stardust .