Have you studied astronomy?
Because I have.
You are so rare
To find
Where from, you are
Not of this world;
Its shine and shimmer.
Hardly is anything like you.
There’s the spirit of an angel
Imbued in a worldly creature
Like you, breathing stars,
Even galaxies.
Don’t you wonder?
Your riveting and rapt
Shape shines more
Than the sparkling rays
Of the northern lights.
You–
like a black hole
Absorb the light
From the eyes that behold you.
Not everyone would be
An astronomer
Like me, for you.
____Muhammad Shahab.