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Published: 2015-05-11 04:05:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 500; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 0
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These constellations grasp at my eyes,tugging me away from this magnetic earth,
and I soar through the air like a comet
with no tail
as if I’m sailing back towards the
Kuiper Belt where I was born.
But I am no comet, no.
I am nothing more than
interstellar dust, drifting
between stars and planets,
quite like that earthy dirt
beneath your feet,
but me? I am LUMINOUS.
Or maybe I am nothing but
a meteor—meteorite?
Careening towards the Maria
of the Moon to make my own crater
where the lava used to flow,
and call it home.
I am magnetically bound and
I am magnetically found.
This lithosphere anchors my heels
and I gaze up, up, up
at those iridescent lights
and I wonder.
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Comments: 14
This made me feel like a shooting star out to discover a universe of possibility! Loved the ending -- "I gaze up, up, up / at those iridescent lights / and I wonder." Beautiful piece!
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Thanks so much! I was iffy about the ending so I'm glad you enjoyed it. (:
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The imagery that this piece creates is lovely! I love the line "this lithosphere anchors my heels" -- such a powerful image right there. 
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Thank you so much! I wrote the last line on a whim, I'm glad you liked it.
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