We often joked about dying
Together in a spaceship
Blasting off above clouds
That looked like cotton fields
Toward the woman in the sky
We both fell in love with
And wrapping up our wanderlust-filled adventures
With the most exciting one of them all
Our eyes have cherished the moon
At her most brilliant moments
And we’ve kissed beneath her loving glow
More than I could have hoped when we met
But less than I still desire tonight
As you sleep covered in a sterile white hospital sheet
It looks like we”ll never make it to the stars
You may not even make it until tomorrow
So in the room that I requested have a view of the moon
With the blinds wide open
Like every night since you checked in
We held hands and both struggled to breathe
Below the light for which we could never satiate our desire
I’d like to believe she knew
And blew every cloud out of the sky
To get one last look at your stunning face
Or maybe it was you who held on long enough
Until she was able to be fully present for your grand departure
SWD 07/2019
Updated 02/2020
This is a fictional piece but I think I’d like to take this story further.
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