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# Worthy
- URL: https://the-stardust-journal-press.ghost.io/worthy/
- Published: 2025-09-21T12:54:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-01T16:50:51.000Z
- Author: Daniel Rutberg
- Tags: poetry, Loss, Poetry, memories, worthy, #Migrated-1782924600586, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-01 12:50

I close my eyes  
and see us in  
our youthful bliss  
between the  
tempest of our teens  
and our children’s first breath.

Friday dinners at our little kitchen table  
above the bridal store in city’s center

yet home was anywhere  
I could gaze into your eyes  
and watch your lips form  
one of their thousand shapes.

They spoke a language of their own.  
My heartstrings pulled with every  
upturn or fall.

From this distance,  
both in time and in space,  
I believe we were so  
grateful for each other’s love  
because, deep down,  
we didn’t believe we were worthy.

Only time proved us wrong.