Fafaia

by Rupert Brooke — a poem card from Justes Mots

A brief, poignant meditation on the unbridgeable distances between lovers and the cruel delays of love—comparing hearts separated by years to stars separated by light-years. Brooke captures the tragedy of missed connections and the ache of temporal separation. Meaningful for those mourning lovers lost to time or death.

Stars that seem so close and bright,
Watched by lovers through the night,
Swim in emptiness, men say,
Many a mile and year away.

And yonder star that burns so white,
May have died to dust and night
Ten, maybe, or fifteen year,…

Themes: sympathy · grief · reflection · long-distance