you're the closest to heaven
that i'll ever be

You shine,

Like the buckle of Orion’s belt,
Like the intertwined wrists of Castor and Pollux

Two soulless constellations locked within solar flare and interstellar disconnect.

I wonder if you shine because comets trail from your eyes

Or if maybe you are trying to catch the gaze of Orpheus, whose love for Eurydice is dampened by the glow of your smile

Inside the livelong day
Stop, drop and roll

Istanbul in winter
Fragments broken whole

The yearning never stops
Cannot be fulfilled

The agony abides
Only in death is stilled

            Libraries!