Between Our Eyes

Between our eyes:

we lay on the red desert sands,

your embrace protects me,

my voice soothes the race of your mind,

though I can see the many Martian moons rising,

time seems stuck in your embrace

Inside your iris:

I caress your soul

while you tap at mine,

we dance on the rings of Saturn to a tune

that only exists here in this realm

Upon my stare:

you swam in the cool of Pluto,

discovering a liquid you always wanted to try,

the taste –  sweet, exotic,

I fulfilled your most impossible desire

In our glance:

you noticed that my heart is bigger than Jupiter,

with unmarked real estate,

you built a home in my core,

not caring that it will eventually deplete me to nothing

Then you looked away:

reminding me that I never floated in the cosmos

but exist here

on this planet

where I am burned by acid rain 

and breathe in polluted smog

alone.

Longing to catch your eyes once more