i. deep breath, nerves, hug:::kiss
first
mouth//mouth exploring what we’re doing, loving
uncertainty
looking in a universe and seeing only two stars
your eyes of fire and gas
galactic comets shoot past
the world could have blown up
as long as your arms were shelter
“im scared.” “kiss me”

ii. and you were young, you didn’t know
i didn’t
what happens when two hearts pump the same blood
i loved you; i was so **** mad at you
i abandoned you
you broke my heart
two who share a dust trail

iii. the speed of light is 299,792,458 m / s
faster than a blink of an eye
or brain synapse
to think some stars we once saw are still sizzling, dying in their billionth year
one decade…oh, it feels so long
one decade, astronomy proves otherwise
then you look at me in a bizarre, pixelated portrait that only would have caused trouble the age the montagues/capulets divided

iv. we are speck granules of matter in the cosmos
physically, insignificant
a recycled newspaper
but before that day
it would be (inertia)
gravitational pull of initial lovers
or, curious, lonely, old friends
wanting to know they’re not dead
that life is not a black hole

v. we’re alive and we’re here and the earth is rotating
there is air in our lungs
let’s see each other again
just to say hey