Stardust by Kay Ryan

Stardust is 
the hardest thing
to hold out for.
You must 
make of yourself
a perfect plane—
something still 
upon which
something settles—
something like
sugar grains on 
something like
metal, but with
none of the chill.
It’s hard to explain. 

~ from The Niagara River  (Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 2005)