In the beginning, we were stars
Shining in the Universe
Shining together, cheering each other on
Warming each other across the space between us
Sharing stories of the planets we watched over
Being in the best way with each other
Learning about this new thing called life, together
Until, one millennia, our star time ended.
I watched you collapse first, exploding into a supernova that set parts of you careening into space, the rest of you collapsing into the density of a black hole
Unhappy without me, you pulled me in too, pushing me to a grief stricken supernova and then down, down, down until you pulled me so close in the black hole that we became one
melded together as tightly as anything in the Universe can be
In our black hole, together, Sharing time
Feeling but not seeing, not corporeally tied to the bits of us that escaped the pull, that went spinning into the universe
Those pieces forming and reforming into different types of mass, different types of beings
until the end of each of their times came as well
Time always ends, and then time begins again
our pieces landing and gathering and ending and landing again and again and again,
longing and knowing we were together and yet apart.
Until today.
In this time, my newest time,
In human form my star self walked into the bakery for my morning donut
The donut that makes my being remember its star beginning and shine with happiness
I walked into the donut shop this morning
And my star shine fell upon you, my old star buddy, sitting and eating a donut
And the memory of all our brightly shining star time, the black hole hugging tightly time,
Floods into my body and I feel it, even though I don’t know what it is
It warms my new body
Sets my brain on fire, on star fire
And I know, in that single moment when I recognize your star pieces, my old friend,
I know, I know, I know
That I love you.
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