in a distant eon, you and i

were stars.

tumble and spark,

ether and eterntity,

dust and light,

while the world was

being born.

we were young.

fierce and shining

like a child’s eyes.

in a distant eon, you and i

were stars.

rock and fire

distance and delight.

while the world flourished

we joined birthday parties

for planets,

harmonized like a trillion crickets,

danced like dervishes.

in a distant eon, you and i

were stars.

in the multiverse we stand

seeing who we were while we are, now.

someone calls us by our names

words, made of stardust and flesh,

creating our constellations.