Cosmic Love Letters

Poems to the moon, from the sun

this story begins from the heavens.

the sun on the mountain —

dazzling and bright as ever;

meets the moon —

radiating with confidence.

they fall in love.

I compare the day our eyes first met to the Big Bang:

the beginning of everything.

You and I are made of atoms

forged from dying stars and orbiting particles

and yet, through the glittering darkness of the entire, expansive universe

I found you

and

You are my favorite set of atoms

I get this feeling sometimes

like when you hear a song you really like, so you turn the volume up

but I feel it inside of my chest —

I recognize it now as the feeling of my universe,

slowly expanding

to bring your orbit even closer to mine.

the sound of your voice echoes through my galaxy

Your smile has the warmth of ten thousand stars

You feel safe

and it feels like

I’m finally home