I strive to be
a shaper of stars,
a farmer of hope,
a fisher of people,
a student of paradox,
a shepherd of dreams,
a daughter of love,
and a co-creator of life,
because these are the things to which I am called.
I am very often not those things, but I can certainly say that I try with all I have.
Some people dream of catching stars, /
to glean from them some light. /
But I would like to shape a star, /
send whirling into flight /
The product of my passion's fire; /
to mold with naked hands /
and feel the searing pain of flesh /
as star grows bold and grand. /
If then I offer it to God, /
I fling with all my might /
and gasp as it, a piece of me, /
assumes its place in night. ~L. Stone