Thoughts on being a star, or: In a parallel universe I’m a trapeze artist, or: All We Do Is Lie

Aerial contortionist act in Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam

I’d rather be the moon than the sun

The little, mystical, vicarious one

You’ll think of the night

Of wolves and of tides

It may be a lie

But it makes a good show

A trapeze act

A fine line

In the blink of the eye

Water to wine

Just a trick of the light

My moment to shine

But never the star

Of the sky.



Copyright Claire O’Loughlin

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