Stairs to stars
and in between
is strife of climb —
as life
before we
fall.
Stairs by Oleksandr Hnylyzkyj
A very short poem for Susie at toads. We write about stairs.
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February 8, 2018
The story of life
Björn Rudbergs writings
Poetry and fiction by a physicist from the dark side
Björn Rudbergs writings 
“As life before we fall.” Those lines really hit home……..at my age. Smiles.
Sweet and succinct 💖 we must fall in order to truly rise!
Short profound poem . Luv it
Much💚love
Always seeking to reach the stars… Up a few steps and then falling back more… So much in such few words. Thank you for writing!
I liked this, Bjorn. For our city I might change this to “ before the flood waters overtake us.”
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Simply put, but loaded with meaning.
Very nice. Captures the imagination
Sisyphus would agree!
I like the way you’ve reduced ‘Stairway to Heaven’ to ‘Stairs to stars
and in between’, Bjorn.
I love what you did at the end. To me at least, this is a beautiful love story.
perfect summation!
and that in between is really all we have. We can only hope to reach the stars.
There is so much to read in this poem Bjorn, I loved it and will probably still be thinking later. As Shawna says I like the love story inference.
Perfect!
Very strong! “as life
before we
fall. ”
and that line is scarey the way age seems threatening as different body parts slowly fall apart, no longer working like they used to.