All the stars in one night sky

In all the pictures you take with her,

your face holds a smile.

No, that's not my sadness. 

But she's smiling in the pictures too,

that's what hurts me.

Not that she's happy, but that she's happy because of you— same way

you had once made me feel

like I was all the stars in one night sky.

but I lost you— 

the way one would lose count of the stars

when trying to number them.

I'm jealous, not because she's with you—

but because you're with her.

I miss the way you made me feel special—

the way you looked at me

like I was all the heaven

you could have on earth.

© Barnabas Ekpima

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