you are a comet

[melangette]

 Comments: we will figure it out.

x.
you said,
"i am a comet, and the coy devotions are my sun."

i said,
"i am a meteor falling without cause or direction. and for as hot as i burn i can't be as brilliant as a falling star or comet or the sun. but i can try."

ix.
you said,
"you don't have to burn."

i said,
"why?"

viii.
you said,
"orbit is constant."

i said,
"if you melt into the sun, will i join you or will i find a place between the earth's heart and rock crevices?"

vii.
you said,
"when i melt, i'm gone. no more."

i ask,
"so where does this leave us?"

vi.
do our hands still fit
perfectly? or did we have
it all wrong (backwards)?

v.
you are electric
moonlight on hot summer nights.
there is no sunrise.