manuel of la brea

23

we could be love

i never thought you could be love 

to those days and nights
you were beside me,
and you never stopped talking
about history and mythology.

my heart was entranced 
by your soft voice as if 
it was a weather report
or an important event of nasa

about two shooting stars
sparkled, collided as one 
to form a cosmic connection.

you never thought i could be love

to those days and nights
you spent it with me
and i never stopped talking
about my fondness of astrology.

and you drew constellations 
around my mind, asking your
sun, moon, and ascendant
(also asking if we’re compatible).

and we both knew that
we were star-crossed lovers
but

we never thought we could be love.