Briefly Touching The Stars – Written Wednesday 13th December 1995 (Aged 20)

Briefly Touching The Stars

I briefly touched the stars —
I did —
and I came back only with things positive.
I did what everyone is trying to do;
it’s the only way to live.

I briefly touched the stars
and so increased my capacity.
Now I know what it is to be there,
in a world so very different.

Now I’m back down again;
it’s time to lament
what it is to have been,
then to never have gone at all —
what it is to live a dream
and walk so tall.

I briefly touched the stars,
yes I did,
and there is no reason why I won’t again.
James Garratt – Wednesday 13th December 1995

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