Orbit

My last girl was named Star

Radiant, hot, kind of dense

Worlds revolved around her

She spat fire, prone to flares

Eventually went cold

Became a black hole

As they sometimes do

Empty attraction

Drew me in

Devoured me with cosmic hunger

And when she was done

Scattered my atoms

Through space and time

Too distant to see another shine

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Then gravity pulled me back together

Random matter

A husk of stardust debris

I spin on with the days

Orbiting everything

Falling towards nothing

Infinite space to myself

It’s quiet out here

Peaceful and cold

A glacial shell of frozen daggers entombs me

Protection from shooting stars

And I sleep, oh let me sleep

No need for the bold

I prefer the cold

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I thought sound was impossible in space

Then I hear you through the ice

Someone who is different

There’s more to you

More than some light, fated to fade

Your heart is warmer than that

When you speak I see colours in the black

Sonic nebulas

Your laughter hits me like an asteroid

Knocks me off course

Into the orbit of your eyes

Explosions

Twin supernovas melting everything in me

And I awaken…

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Burning.

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You’re no mere star

For better or for worse

You might be my universe.