Falling Stars
Falling Stars - meaning Summary
Wishes and Transient Light
The poem recalls childhood wonder at shooting stars, imagining them as swift horses that vault across the sky and fulfill wishes. The speaker remembers repeated astonishment at their daring movement and the brief brightness of their fall. Despite the stars' disintegration, the memory yields a surprising sense of safety: watching the spectacle the speaker feels that both the stars and they themselves have endured the falling.
Read Complete AnalysesDo you remember still the falling stars that like swift horses through the heavens raced and suddenly leaped across the hurdles of our wishes--do you recall? And we did make so many! For there were countless numbers of stars: each time we looked above we were astounded by the swiftness of their daring play, while in our hearts we felt safe and secure watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate, knowing somehow we had survived their fall.
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