Alone for a moment
In the night
Though you hear the earth move
All around you
What you see is unpredictable
A complex system that does not need you
Faraway light that has no meaning to you
Except comfort for your dreams
But if you close your eyes
You will see the same thing
But only if you keep them closed
For as long as you are awake
The forest will burst into flames
The ocean will turn every ship upside down
The mountain will bury everything in its path
The Earth will swallow the memories of those who live
And then nothing will be left except the distance
Between what you could be and what you are
But there is no comfort this time
Because the distance is inside you
And it is as far away as the stars you love
So you rip your eyelids off
You do not want to see what is inside
You do not want to understand yourself
You only want what you do not understand
What is far away
What you can lust over
What can touch your naked body
Because a fantasy never disappoints you
And with your eyes open you see it as it approaches
Anything that is desire can change form
And become what you want it to be
And it will wait for you
Tomorrow night will be there
As will the distance in your mind
But you do not want to see what is yours alone
Only what you must share with everyone else
Because they too can only understand what is far away
And only what their fantasies reveal to be true
To a mind that is as far away as the space you love