>>write about something you know

i know the stars are far apart.

standing here and looking toward the night gives the sense they could be touching, but even as we connect them and give them stories they drift further apart. relentless momentum. the stars watch each other and we watch dead light.

i know the universe is expanding.

if the distance was growing then, now it is waiting. in the day i know the sun is waiting for stars to rise. the night looks infinite now — will it be more so tomorrow? science speaks of chaos and order approaching infinity simultaneously but from opposing perspectives. i have lain at the heart of a frozen lake and watched the dark expand, seen constellations refute themselves as the galaxies revolve. so many small stories — in a thousand years, what new faces will watch from these vaulted ceilings?

i am afraid of time. i know they say it stops for no one. (who says that?)

i see time coming even as it passes me by. time is immaterial but it cannot be refuted like the stars. all things tend toward entropy. what do words mean when reality presses so closely, feels so cruel when you stand at headstones and imagine the faces of people who loved you? someday there will be no one. someday you will feel as cold as the stars, watching time expand around you as your memories walk quietly away, and slowly, you forget the ones who made you laugh.

there are not walls. i know nothing is for certain and though i know nothing for sure, i keep faith close to my heart, where it shines for me like starlight and the night is blue velvet.