“Just look how far you’ve come,” they say
After a few months – maybe even a year – of knowing me
I smile, and for a moment I think they’re right
Until I remember the last person who said that
… and how I still didn’t come quite far enough
For them to stick around
The words have become a warning sign
Lights – bright red and flashing – stop!
You realized how far behind I was
And you’re waving at me to catch up to you
“You’re almost there,” you shout across that space between us
You don’t realize
It’s a galaxy
A whole galaxy lies between me and you
By the time I reach you, my dear sunshine
You will have burnt out and the black hole
Of your absence will swallow my soul
In a darkness I cannot even begin to fathom
Serendipity Minds 