When Stars Collide

When Stars Collide (revision)

shoes filled with sand
frolic on the beach
two hearts as one

an unexpected loss
emptiness

I ride among the stars on moonlit nights
hoping to find you riding beside them,
you’re my morning star, the brightest light
amongst these solar gems.

My search leads to our favorite star,
the pulsar studied in our youth-
afterwards we went to our local bar
got drunk on vermouth in that corner booth.

I cry out for you to hear
the beating of an aching heart-
I dive in and disappear
to reunite and never part.

We jump--then float hand in hand-
running on stardust as if sand.

exploding star
fading dreams
an empty pill bottle

a beacon of light
home