04-10-2019, 07:09 AM
Universe
Stars are supposed to have meaning,
the same as eyes caught staring too long,
back when I had a reason to blush,
but light-years are a measure of distance,
not time.
It reminds me of that summer night
he never woke up from;
TV still on, even after the police left,
can't remember what the damn show was,
still playing to his empty coach,
just that the screen lit up
our living room with the palest grey,
like moonlight without a moon.
Stars are supposed to have meaning,
the same as eyes caught staring too long,
back when I had a reason to blush,
but light-years are a measure of distance,
not time.
It reminds me of that summer night
he never woke up from;
TV still on, even after the police left,
can't remember what the damn show was,
still playing to his empty coach,
just that the screen lit up
our living room with the palest grey,
like moonlight without a moon.
Time is the best editor.