The Sun by Valerie Parente
I miss you so much
it burns so deep
but like the Sun
I know you watch over me.
Like the Sun
I can never see you directly
with these little human eyes
in this little human body
but I can feel your warmth
and I know your heat
and even though I can’t reach out and touch you
I know you reach for me.
– Valerie Parente (7-17-2025)
In Your Orbit by Valerie Parente
In your orbit
I am more than enough
just like a planet
who’s found her sun.
It once seemed aimless
the path I embarked
but it was all predestined
written in the stars.
I would go on untethered
bound to no such rotation
if it weren’t for you
or the gravity of the situation.
In your orbit
I will never stray
I could go around the world forever
with the pull of your weight.
– Valerie Parente (5-19-2025)
Sol Purpose by Valerie Parente
What I am
and what I could have been
is what the moon is to the sun
when you compare them.
A fireball of brilliant light
so much potential in action
and I am no more than a rock
whose light is but a fraction.
Though I’ll tell you something about the sun
it hovers alone above the horizon
but when the moon is out
billions of stars join the environment.
To be bright and sole
or to be dim but glistening
one leaves all blind
one reveals purpose in the end.
– Valerie Parente (5-28-2024)
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