Shine

I am at odds with the universe

The stars are sprawled in front of me yet I am not allowed to touch

I am a comet stuck in your orbit

unable to escape just close enough to see the brightness you exude

You are an entire galaxy on your own, an entire section of the universe that runs by itself

And god if I could compare what I feel for you it would be the light of all the the stars in the sky

while my previous perceptions of love have have been but the glow of a city in the midst of night

And who could compare the twinkling lights of a city to the infinite lights of the cosmos

but I'm afraid that doesn't matter

those stars do not shine for me