The Last Star

By Charlotte Brady

The Last Star is the final book of poems in The Golden Passage, a trilogy by internationally known poet Charlotte Brady. The series boldly faces existential dilemmas that lie within each of us and releases profound responses that sweep across our minds and make us see ourselves and the world around us more clearly. Brady's method of acute ob

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anterior Books
• Release date: Apr 27, 2017
• ISBN: 9780997618235

Charlotte Brady

Charlotte Brady has previously published two books of poems and a novel in Swedish. The Last Star is her third book in English and the final book in The Golden Passage series. Her poetry explores the mystery of life and the search for freedom. After living in Sweden, New York, Jamaica, and Barbados, she has now settled in Miami where she lives with her family. Blending essential oils and making amazing fragrances is her favorite pastime. www.charlottebrady.com

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Books by Charlotte Brady

Och den fula ängelen föll

Villfarelser

Detaljernas tämjare

The Golden Passage Trilogy

As Silence Is Your Witness

Midnight Transit

The Last Star

The Last Star

THE LAST STAR. Copyright © 2017 by Charlotte Brady.

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9976182-2-8

ISBN: 978-0-9976182-3-5 (e-book)

ISBN-10: 0997618221

Anterior Books

P.O. Box 832469

Miami, FL 33283

www.anterior.us

Cover design by Ingenious Tek Group

First Printing

Contents

Prologue: A Star

Next Morning

For What?

A Dream

No Ending

Dumbfounded Me

In Me

Infinite Peace

Too Late

Future Gardening

Ending Here

Imagined Life

A Thing

All Begins

A Mouth

Isn’t Much

Somewhere Else

That Love

A Snake

I Go

This Painting

Love’s Touch

For You

The Abyss

An Essence

Was Possible

Delicious Cake

You Understand

I Know

Another Birth

In Rain

I Forgot

Of Gold

Hear Them

Your Hair

Being Love

Abandoned Hearts

Your Skin

Another Here

Not Here

Not There

Your Tempest

Maybe Not

Myself Rich

Had It

Already Free

Practice

Day Out

Practice This

Empty

Our Origin

Be Silent

But Love

Are Alive

Becomes Full

To Fly

You Listen

Or Fly

Well Rested

A Void

Am Alive

The Clouds

To Learn

For You

It All

Of Blood

I Die

Longing Possibility

Your Existence

Empty Words

Ultimate Creation

Wanting More

I Am

Out There

Will Crumble

You Are

Origin Love

In Time

Intimately Free

Constant Imitation

Saw It

There Arrived

It Stops

Mistaken Understanding

Tears

Call Love

Losing Everything

Turn White

The Unborn

Mother’s Breast

I Know

As You

By One

Heal You

In Flames

Embarrassing Mortality

For Celebration

Consciousness Again

I Survived

Puppy Heart

First Infinity

Enormous Beauty

In You

Through Darkness

Is

Any Speaker

Trembling

It

Really Is

Many Times

The Wind

Wind Undone

At Yourself

A Given

Be Smiled

Always Was

Of Yourself

For Sure

But Love

I’m Going

Ho Ho (Epilogue)

Acknowledgments

About the Author

(Prologue)

A Star

Perhaps I will become a speck of dust. Perhaps I will be happy without memories. Perhaps I will be drunk on the promised wine. Perhaps I will still be thirsty. Perhaps I will be nothing. When I woke up I remembered a single dream. You kept me in a jar; I was your last experiment. I invited strangers and offered them your wine. Most of them declined. Let there be love, you said. I smiled. I am a