the Age of Miracles (poem inspired by The Fault in Our Stars)

**SPOILER ALERT** anyone (cough cough, Sara) who wishes to read the book the Fault in Our Stars unspoiled is strongly advised not to read the poem below.

That said, the daring ones out there, here ya go.

The Age of Miracles

I knew that it wouldn’t last

A star       burning too bright from the start

A father’s staccato sobs    poising in the     dark

                 

               Breathing seems so easy to do

                                       Until it’s not anymore

No. Oxygen.

                   The holes in my lungs, 

            I know you hear them, too.

                               So why do we      try?

              Confetti drizzled    from           the sky

    The water lapped,     choirs sang

           Together we poured and tasted       the stars

Love.

Is it a shout into the void?

                                        Maybe. 

       Infinities piled upon infinities

           You smiled.

                                                     Even the brightest light couldn’t save your

                                        Vanishing act 

The end.

         I dropped a popsicle stick      on the    ground one day

And watched it    buried

                   By   kingdoms   of ants

                                  In the   Literal   Heart   of Jesus

                                                          We are just as small.    As    weak.

      There is nothing like a    firework    show

         When you’re sick

                         And ice cream is the  only    kind   thing 

In the whole world.

…

  I love you.          (present tense)

My life is a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.

*** I intend to write this into a song someday :]