the night sky stretches above us
in all its vastness
and its stars are twinkling,
not coldly,
not warmly, just
there.
my heart wants to expand
to fit the whole galaxy
but my ribcage holds it fast.
the air between us is magic.
the pool laps against our shins.
i can't tell if i'm
staring at your face
or at the universe,
in this moment,
they are the same to me.
our hands are close
on the concrete, so close
they could touch. i don't know
what i want, i never do,
and you sit beside me serenely
and the summer air
hangs between us
like a promise unkept
and then the moment
reaches its end
and the magic dims with the stars
and my heart isn't a galaxy
and we're just two girls
sitting with our feet
dangling in a pool.
