FROM THESE ASHES | POETRY

new constellations

they told me you'd ride on horseback

adorned with shining armor and a disarming smile.

they said you'd be there for the storm gray skies 

and hold me when the sun breaks through to shine. 

they even mentioned that you'd be the one

someone who i'd be with until my time was done. 

and i still truly believe that you're coming

it's just that i've learned to stop numbering the days. 

maybe you'll come when i least expect it

or maybe i'll see you, watch as our lines overlap. 

or possibly, you'll never make it to me,

by some accident, a feat too strong for even you to counteract. 

but i have felt this world stir and groan long enough

to know that when we return to the soil, we do not linger. 

to the earth our bones remain, 

but our souls will find a new vessel. 

maybe i'll find you in this life,

or maybe it will be in the next. 

but i'm young enough now to have enough hope,

and old enough to know that there never really is no end. 

i feel your energy in my bones, 

and for your colors, your bright hues,

i will wait. 

for this love,

this love is cosmic.