We collided, you and I.
Together, we soared so high.
I have never known such a ride.
Like rockets, we shook the sky.
We launched ourselves
into space and out of sight -
amazing, incredible -
you blew my mind.
Like fireworks, rockets live bright -
fly so high, light up the night.
Yet fuel's beautiful explosion
blows out too quick...
All too soon, thwarted
by circumstances beyond our control,
our rocket burned out too fast -
floated aimless in the firmament.
Like a supernova - we were luminous
for a while, but in the end
our flame flickered
burned low, guttered and died.
Our hearts contracted
from the moon’s pull -
illuminated our path no more.
No longer were we in its thrall.
We turned away, lesson learnt.
Can’t expect fireworks
when the fuel’s all spent.
No fanfare, no fire, no heat, no eruption.
We chewed on scraps of love -
with just a sprinkle of ash and soot,
fed our lungs with fire and smoke,
in the dusted remains of our passion.
We launched ourselves
into space and out of sight.
Our story ends not with fire or fanfare -
but just a burned out candle in the wind.
Like rockets, we shook the sky
out of sight and into space -
you blew my mind,
once upon a time.
once upon a time.
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