To The Moon And Back

I wish you could love me like I love you

I wish you weren’t the ever-burning star

At the center of my universe

A reminder of an impending doom

That one day, your fire will consume me

And yet

You are my only source of light

Keeping me warm

Your rays look upon me

Never in adoration

But never in disdain

An ever-present glazed indifference

Why is it that my love letters never reach you?

They must go up in flames in your overwhelming heat

I can’t kiss you

You’re so far away

And you’re so big

And I’m so small

My dreams of you at night

Don’t make you rise any quicker

I wonder if my words reach you

I wonder if they can slip through those pearly gates

To meet you in the Heavens

I look up at you

Hoping you aren’t looking down on me

I thought I could quench the Sun

I thought if I loved you enough

Maybe your fires wouldn’t have burned me up too

So when I see the smoke rolling off my skin

I don’t try to kiss the burns away this time

I let you consume me

Because all I want

Is to be with you