dust, dead skin; vacuum of space
we shut down all priority systems
this axiomatic conclusion eluded us all this time
you disembarked and set us adrift
cold, crushing
the scent of nothing
I passed the time counting stars and wondering when you'd show
what we felt next was a heavy shuddering
it slowly passed
but my heart and my lungs kept the rhythm
soon my body became rubber
time was sound
light was love
and you were my Sun; my every Sun in the world
My World
then sshhhhh.
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just wait.
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you disembarked and set us adrift
years from now I'll be a curiosity and you'll be etched
onto the sides of me
hatch marks
what was once,
what once was.
light years away, I can still feel you at the controls
please send us home
please send us home.
