Thursday, February 14, 2008

Planetery Tango

When two celestial bodies meet
as they travel through the sky-
they have three options:


Sometimes they swirl around each other
like a cosmic slingshot
and one sails into space
faster than when it started.


Sometimes they draw close-
spin around each other for a season
and crash together
becoming one.


Oh so rarely-
do they meet and orbit
around each other
a stellar waltz
into eternity.


As we travel through the sky
what do we want?
To spring from world to world?
To collide and unite?
Or to dance for all time-
through the void, together?


Happy Valentine's Day!

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