Celebrity

a troublemaker grown up all hunched in a corner of the world, outsider

your gait, your outfit, the playlist beyond your earphones

even your music, all minor; you don’t know, above your lowered head

where the bright spotlight is shining; it’s okay even if it’s slow

I hope you come to know it in the end, the one and only

you are my celebrity, don’t forget, you, amid the dim darkness

do you see that single star drawn with the left hand, how that uniqueness is

so beautiful, you are my celebrity, celebrity

you are my celebrity, your worn-out expression, as if

the power is switched off, your heartbeat is too quiet

the sparkle you have, your imagination, identity

all of it put on a diet; you don’t know, not yet fully bloomed

an old one written just for you; it’s okay to wander, I hope you come to smile

don’t forget, you, amid the dim darkness, a single star drawn with the left hand

do you see, how that uniqueness is so beautiful

you are my celebrity, a constellation linked at every footstep

the sketch carved out by those clumsy steps

the path leading wholly toward meeting you

just go that way, following the dotted line, don’t forget, amid this long winter

do you see the single flower that will bloom through the frozen crack, how the spring a day away

will be so beautiful, you are my celebrity, celebrity