Everai

I take my jug of wine
And sit beneath the twin sisters
Forlorn shadows
Merging with my melancholy.

They seem especially bright tonight,
Bright like your sparkling eyes
That I remember
On Theta 7
When we held metal shrouded hands
In the airlock of our mining bay.

I named the first moon Everai,
To remind me of you.
I am the second one
Trailing you across the pink sky.

This potent wine
Cannot subdue
The uneasiness gripping me
As I wait
Under the sisters
For the shuttle
That will lift me to you.

Homecoming

And when you came
I cried.
I cried for distance
            between two lovers
            
For time
            that hid in the shadows
                     wasted.

Cried of joy
            for your touch
                your warmth
                your wisdom
            for you.
            
I drink now of your water
            and swim in your ocean
            knowing I am yours 
                      forever.

The Weight

I grow weary of the rain
and the constant payment it demands
The sound that once comforted,
                    stimulated
Is an echo
a reminder
of the journey's length.

I try to count the raindrops
Years of loneliness
Clinging to the window

The rain is tears
My body wrapped in bedsheets
The room frozen
With time.

I force myself to breathe
To stay alive
For the spirit is gone
but my brain is stronger than my heart
and knows of a better future
That I cannot feel. 

Mankind

Take time
Study yourself
Can you see
Will you look
Deep inside?

Or do your thoughts
only penetrate
the mirror's surface
lost in the race
of greed and comfort.

Beneath your eyes
buried in grey
are feelings
of good, bad, happy, sad,
carefully hidden, once forgotten.