You are far away now like a star
collapsing into itself.
I once read that all it takes now
to destroy our mighty Sun
through chemical implosion
is the tiniest piece of iron
no larger than a frying pan
(if it were possible for us
to have such a close
encounter).
Like the Sun, we cannot reach you
on this journey through
crushing loss in
the same space
for a fleeting
time.