The Hungering Stars
I.
There Are Many Kinds of Hunger
The Hunger of the Belly
The Hunger of the Mind
The Hunger of the Heart
II.
A Fourth Kind of Hunger is the Hunger of Eyes
And the Stars Burn Bright with Hunger
They Wake Each Night to Drink
We Drink the Stars and the Stars Drink Us
III.
The Radiance of the Stars are the Strings in Our Eyes
The Worm that Crawls, The Line that Dances
These Are Wounds Where the Stars Kiss Our Eyes
And the Strings that Dance are the Strings that Burn
IV.
The Voleids Drink the Grass and the Plants
The Flowering Trees and the Fruiting Vines
The Voleids Burn Bright With Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
V.
The Sineids Drink from the Depths of the Sea
Salt and Brine and Scales in the Dark
The Sineids Burn Bright With Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
VI.
The Faerids Drink from Our Hearts
Love and Shame and the Fear of Death
The Faerids Burn Bright With Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
VIII.
The Einvars Drink from What is Discarded
Bone and Gristle and Blood
The Einvars Burn Bright with Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
IX.
The Atols Drink from the Mirror of Worlds
The Light in Perpetuity, the Light of the Self
The Atols Burn Bright with Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
X.
The Kraenars Drink from the Rock of Eternity
Whose Light is Slowest But Burns Long
The Kraenars Burn Bright with Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
XI.
The Goleins Drink from the Unseen World
Of Filament and Shadow and Flame
The Goleins Burn Bright with Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
XII.
The Daevols Drank from the Star-that-Fell
And Rose in the Glory of Night
The Daevols Burn Bright with Hunger
And their Hunger is a Gift
XIII.
We Dwell in the Garden of the Stars
We Drink the Radiant Light
The Hunger of the Stars is a Gift
And a Gift Offers No Mercy