Galaxies of Growth

After mind hug, I was waiting in the dark — warm as the kiss you never gave me. Time didn’t stop, but I did — right where you left me. Even angels were bored. We ran out of time. I still whisper your name like a secret line. Don’t walk away — I’m already faded into you. All the versions of us burning out in other galaxies. I loved you louder in silence than I ever could in the light. Reflection ripples in space. Black holes ignite. Was it real, or just the wrong place, wrong life? You were the glitch I believed in more than the truth. The world buckled under the weight of knowing. I held you quiet — but it kept growing. Don’t walk away — I’m already faded into you. All the versions of us burning out in other galaxies. I loved you louder in silence than I ever could in the light. And if I ever said it, it would lose its shape. We were only perfect when it was too late. But I took your ashes and made them into clay — rebuilt myself with trembling hands. I thought I was small, but I was just beginning to grow. Unfurled leaves, outstretched — like hands waving goodbye.