Twinkle twinkle

We stumble into greatness

into the greatness of another

and for a moment

become the stars from our childhood

the heavenly bodies

not yet reduced by explanataion

to chemical combustion

or divine creation

not yet reduced

to stars

I wonder where you are

when I can't see the night sky

when I wake up

in the middle of the night

and there's not enough light

to make out your face

and there's not enough warmth

to make out your heart

and the inches that separate us

may as well be lightyears

As we fall into tomorrow

let us agree

to be the sun the other needs

to be the star up in the sky

that guides the other home at night

to be a galaxy built by two
that looks like me

and shines like you

to be the twinkling of an eye

that smiles softly as it dies