once i reached for the stars

No

Actually 

Yes

You confessed

When I asked about tattoos 

You pointed to three dots

Pinpricks

A quiet trinity around your head

A constellation across the map of your skin

I touched one black star

A reminder that once

Your body waged war inside of you

Once

You were marked on the operating table

Once 

You suffered 

And survived

I thought they were the loveliest tattoos 

I'd ever seen

And now

When I lay my head upon its only pillow 

And gaze longingly at evening's stars

They all seem too bright

They all seem too far

Like you

What I would give

To kiss your dark stars

Goodnight