Orbiting


Orbiting

Stardust and constellations
It’s where I found myself
In a place of darkness
With the occasional specks of light 

No gravity to hold me
And no path to follow
I stumbled blindly
Across planets of sorrow

My scarred surface
And my hardened core
Crashed against a sphere
A failed star floating alone

Loneliest of all planets
Drifting with no orbit
Its light was extinguished
By a meteor that abandoned it

Its magnetosphere held me captive
Pushing me against the craters
I was tethered like a hostage
To a sphere of dreadful silence 

An escape was tempting
To reclaim my freedom
But I stayed hoping
Perhaps I’ll be its hero

Alternate Universe


Alternate Universe

Constellation of love
With nothing but lost stars
Their light no longer shining
After drowning in a black hole

It is the unknown
The place of questioning
Where everything dies
And an alternate universe flourishes

I’m reborn into this universe
It’s scary to some, and to me as well
I’m facing a new reality
It’s unnerving, but beautiful down to the core

Just like our solar system
With the sun shining bright
I drift towards the core
As pieces of me melt away

I’m naked
A clean slate
Bruised and wounded
As flickers of stardust glimmer

The stars escaped
My cells regenerate
No longer wandering
No longer lost

I drift towards the core
Out of a black hole
And into the sun
As I slowly let go…