Lion Stars
Somewhere,
a constellation
of lion stars roar
in pride light
across the night sky,
“We are family!”
Here, constellations
bear the weight
of major and minor
as if stars sing in scales
instead of waves
we’ve forgotten
We’ve forgotten
our stardust souls
once twinkled together
in infinite space
connected completely
by the sound of light
We are separated
by nothing more
than an idea
of gaping emptiness
that we endlessly
long to bridge
And we pluck
from each other
the remainder
of light we have left
like dying stars grasping
for illumination
Look up!
Somewhere, lion stars
roar in pride
against the night
and remind us
we are family