Free Verse
static in starlight
I don’t remember when it happened, this drifting apart, becoming strangers still tethered by promises, by what could have been. what I do know is that it’s lonely out here. the space between us is a black hole; crossing it is easier said than done, and I have failed every time. when I call to you, do you hear me? can you see me? though I cannot see you, I know you’re there, waiting at the other end, past the emptiness. I stare across this vast expanse of what we once were, looking for you. it’s like trying to watch a love story on a broken television screen. all I see is static. but I feel you pulling at me, goosebumps on flesh and pinpricks of whispers in my mind that remind me you are somewhere. like I said, it’s lonely out here. both of us lost, searching for a way back through. there is no map leading from me to you, we are not charted amongst the galaxies. you can’t chart static in starlight.
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