Are the stars truly fixed in the sky?
When you are away the sun
stops in its tracks
and earth’s orbit slows
in heartbeats counted
by years, not seconds.
“Time stands still,” others say.
I say time goes on without me
while there is no us to see.
Without you, the universe stills
along the path of its trajectory.
I wait with bated breath and sigh
for your return while I
watch time march on.
I watch the sky for clues
when the universe would return
you to me and me to you.
Side by side we
can make the sun move.
As we move
among the stars
in ecstasy.
annarino writes 