Drunk on Starlight

Teetering
At the edge
Of the universe
I drink in
Filtered starlight
For the heart can't take
Such beauty straight
Or its fiery taste
And the way
It bounces
Back to ice
Sometimes

Then I wrap
Myself
In night
Lacy, tattered sky
Smelling of heaven
And candle wax
Watching, unrepentant
As stars
Are encased
In amber and dust