telos

floating among billions of stars

i hear stories of the old

see shapes found only in dreams

i’ve let go of voices from without

and floated up here on my own

carrying only feelings that i loved

in a treasure box of a heart

drifting between planets and moons

i’ve come to retrieve

memories lost to space

i’ll knock on every door

till i see your face again

i’ll swim against every black hole

to see your shadow once more

i’ll learn the language of every passing comet

to listen to any stories they have about you

to the years loved and unloved

not loved and loved

i am a galaxy of stars

searching for that one missing star