Celestial Hearts

• Sophia Nathan, Grade 10, Shenton College
• Poetry
• 2017

Excellence Award in the 'Spread The Word 2017' competition

Your hair curls like the darkening of night
but your cheeks glow as red as Mars
And when the Lord realised you needed to see
He plucked your eyes straight from the stars.

Hush! The worlds sing softer,
When you open your mouth to speak
Orbit stops and blackholes dimmer
To dwell on your seraphic physique

And when you look at me, my love
I bathe in the cosmos light
As I sway with dancing planets
For like stars you fill my night

And when our hands briefly touch
Meteors hit my beating heart
A nebula warms within my bloodstream
Right then, my universe will start