The Relationship of Space
Eric Obame
The sun would live without us
And I will go on breathing without you
Our sister planets would keep spinning
If all that was left of us was dust
I will try my best to forget I knew you by bedding any girl in sight
The moon would sail until it found another home to circle around
Or until it crashed into the ground of another globe
If suddenly our mother was no more
I will find someone better to love and to make love to
A hundred billion stars or more in the Milky Way alone
A hundred billion galaxies at least as far as we can see
Bring light and heat to the cold dark infinity
Bring life?
It is not like the world is running out of women
When I look up at night
The sky before my sight
Is but a microscopic piece of the tapestry of space
What does that make me?
You have hurt me
I suppose that is why it is better to think that the eye of a Creator is on me
And that the years of my life are more than merely raindrops
In the sea of time
I thought we were meant for each other, but I was kissing a mirage
But would I be cheating myself out of reality, by adopting that belief?
The cold truth is I am nothing
We meant nothing
In the picture of the universe
I am too small to be seen by even the hugest microscopes
Or the strongest of eyes
But failed relationships are just forks on the road of life
I am something
Only to the people around me
My friends and my family
Not you
My communities and my countries
My value will be to the world I will leave when I die
Someone else will be at my side at the end of my journey
