the last comet

It was all ethereal and bright
Until you felt its weight, but even that wasn’t enough
It had to fall to mean something

You sail slowly across space,
A goddess gliding through the dust of towns,
In your arms, the remnants
Of a world, where lovers danced
Like nets of stars

I’ve heard it’s true that you can love someone
From a distance, from another planet, even

Your fuse lights again, with a wishful match
You move like a light, try to shoot
Your body into the haze of romance
Landing only in a moonlit field
Without a sound, or a spark

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