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weightless
let us remain weightless
high above earth’s orbit
intangible spirits
untroubled by time
and its disasters
do you see how they scurry below us
frightened by storms that find them
terrified by a future they cannot predict
but arrives in solid armor
crushing everything in its path
is that what you wish for us
to be physical and real
to empty every drinking glass eventually
to wither away and become nothing
untraceable specks in a landscape
no one remembers
not even our children
consider
my counteroffer
let us remain weightless
and only touch them in their dreams
where we do and say what we please
let our only gravity be emotions
they remember for moments in the morning
then disregard
let us live more lives than one
an endless stream of biographies
we shape and redefine
only temporarily imprisoned
in a parade of faces
and memories
that never happened
let us meet them
in gardens untended
in buildings unconstructed
never becoming as real
as those we encounter
let us remain weightless
only touching life at its edges
like tourists who long to see a country
without immersing
in its wars or politics
when you and i become dreams
we will swim vast oceans
with no more commitment
than dipping our toes in the surf
without ever leaving
this place beyond it all
where we are forever unknowable
always seen
and never
ever
touched
