Nighttime

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The black sky,

An empty void which never ceases to amaze

Much like the void consuming me

From the inside out

I feel your presence like stars on my skin

White hot little pinpricks

The heat of the sun burns in my cheeks

Supernovae explode at the brush of a hand.

Years old, but still young

A galaxy for humanity to gape at,

The universe still blissfully unaware

Of just how consumed the small planet feels

In its shadowy expanse.

The skies stare in awe at a Jupiter,

A Venus,

A Mercury,

Elegantly and delicately navigating their way through the black,

But don't think twice about a Pluto, barely even welcome

To call itself a planet,

Fumbling, Tumbling,

Longing to be the Jupiter that the galaxy notices,

All of which while drifting lost

Through the black sky.

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