Pitch dark rumbling
as the plane crawled
into the night sky
away from you once again
and out the window I saw
blinking
another plane perhaps
taking other lives along
their given paths
and I looked again
and saw only the stars
against the blackened infinity
and in those stars
I saw only you
Jan 3, 2019
Jan 3, 2019 at 11:04 AM UTC
Pitch dark rumbling
as the plane crawled
into the night sky
away from you once again
and out the window I saw
blinking
another plane perhaps
taking other lives along
their given paths
and I looked again
and saw only the stars
against the blackened infinity
and in those stars
I saw only you
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