I’m walking away
from everything I’ve ever known.
Breaking every rule
that I thought made up the world
Severing my attentions,
my affections,
and my reasons to exist.
Never thought
that we
would make it here.
I don’t think the world is made
for people like us.
I think we find ourselves
by losing everything
we ever loved.
What is the weight
of one soul,
of one mind
to the universe?
What is the eye
to the billions of stars
in the sky?
Where would we look,
if we could see
without time?
I have no more
reasons to stay here,
so this is good-bye.
Stepping
off-world.
Not a care,
or a clamor,
just one
deep breath
and
gravity
loses
its hold.
If anyone needs me
I’ll be in the sky.
HG – 2021