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words for empty ears and gaseous hearts

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i am here to tell you that you are all wrong—
that what you refer to as planemos (despite all planets
technically falling under that term)

no matter how lonely you claim them to be,
are the opposite of what you force them into.

they call them rogue planets;
or interstellar planets,
nomad planets,
free-floating planets—
sometimes orphan planets (but we all know how
these stars are not our parents but our destruction,
forcing us into a dance that ultimately ends in our
burning and their death)

sometimes they're ejected from a solar system
(you cannot force me to dance)
and sometimes they are never gravitationally bound
to a star or brown dwarf
(i dance alone and as long as i say i can)

there isn't a star to outshine them.
there isn't a place where they don't belong

and i'm telling you it's okay to be alone,
to have a gravity unattached to something larger

i'm here to tell you that your head is with the nebulas
that you're overthinking this life
that it's okay to not understand.

(you burn bright like magnesium
and collapse like a dying star)
-J
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Shelby2398's avatar
Not only one of my favorite pieces you've done, it's one of my favorite pieces of poetry on this entire site. Your way with world is something else, absolutely astounding. The meaning and way you show it and just... Ah, wow. Fantastic. Such a clear picture and your word choice is perfect. Interstellar job.