A N T H E M

xiii. specks

i fell in love with you and i forgot the earth

you remind of the silent depths

of the ever-expanding universe

the curvature of spacetime

the stars

millions of miles apart

but it doesn't seem that way to me

standing on our planet

looking up at our galaxy

you remind me of the quickness

of our fleeting lives

gone to the universe

in a blink of its omniscient eye

mere atoms to the vacuum of space

perhaps we won't live to be old

before humanity is effaced

by a supernova a black hole an asteroid

if it happens now my words to you

will also be destroyed

you make me wonder if i am to die

why now live a fallacy

and let unspoken words be lost

to unknown galaxies

we are specks of dust

on the fabric of the universe

and all in all it matters little

when i ride the hearse

we are not special, but you make me realize

there is no need to be

all i want is you

to be insignificant with me.