The unknown—
Absence of gravity echoes:
Soundless.
Another universe with the delicate moon
Waiting to be discovered.
You uttered,
“Maybe we need space.”
I held in my breath.
Thrown into a rocket,
My tears launched off on its own.
I tried to take off my fears, even considering
Crossing against my own morals for you.
I failed to convince you to commit.
Like a rocket that enters space
Only to turn back into earth,
Afraid.
Or maybe indifferent—
Flames of curiosity extinguished.
The space between space widens
As discoveries cease
As interests fade into a vacuum.
As I scream to close the gap
My screams are silent,
Swallowed up in the
Void.