Cosmic Lover

I wrote this many years ago, and found my way back to it recently.

For long enough

I’ve been alone

So I think I’ll drive my

Fleeting starship space-soul back home

And, gliding on my return,

I’ll pierce the clouds once more

And land in a different place

Arriving

Like an unknown package

Left at the door

I’ll arrive in a different place

Where

The living won’t know my name

They’ll see I wear a borrowed face

Like others they’ve met before

And called insane

Many times before—

But no time ago—

In a place you probably know

Or perhaps we’ll meet amidst travels

For the cosmos moves in circles

Cycles within a cycle

And when

Our orbits cross again

You can

Never tell, but—

Maybe if the ship runs well

You can

Climb aboard

My starship enterprise

When you walk into my eyes

I’ll take you to where you’ve already been

Ten million light-years away

Where we’ll spawn a galaxy together

And if you want, we’ll stay

As we did many times before

And like back then, we’ll wed again

Within the purity of Heaven’s door

We’ll watch new moons forever

Inside and out together

Or I can meet you in the next world

On a ship that is your own

And who knows—

I may just hitch a ride

Aboard your starship space-soul.