one of three
who grew up beneath a sun and a moon
with seven planets
scattered across the same sky
and somewhere along the way
that star became a sun
with a little planet of her own
together they made
a little universe
with their own gravity
their own warmth
their own way of moving through the sky
the sun never needed a moon
to make their universe whole
she knew how to rise on her own
how to keep her little planet warm
how to hold their corner of the sky
but still
sometimes she wondered
what it would be like
to have a moon beside her
a moon who knew
how to stand high on his own
and still chose
to stand high beside her
one who wouldn't come
to rearrange their orbit
or make himself the center of it
but looked at
the little universe already there
and wanted to create alongside them
maybe another little star
maybe another little planet
maybe neither
or maybe even both
the sun didn't know yet
she only knew
she didn't want someone
to complete her sky
she wanted someone
with a sky of his own
because maybe the sun and moon
were never meant to complete each other
maybe they were simply meant
to stand high
side by side
whole on their own
but still choosing
the same sky.