Skating Upon Saturn's Rings
One small step for woman
One giant step for womankind
I have reached the rings of Saturn
I never thought this day would come
The first step is icy and cold
But a blast of hot wind pulls me dead set on the ring
And suddenly I am flying
Fast fast fast
Quicker than light
All of the stars just turn into pure white
And it is as if I am not moving at all
Cind Lou Who alone on her dandelion
Surrounded by thousands of seeds
Thousands of blades of grass and grains of sand
The chasm widens
I take a breath
And things slow down
Just enough
Just so the stars around
Slow into a revolving disco ball
Glimmers and twinkles surround me
I laugh
And my laugh echoes forever
Bouncing off Saturn and its rings on repeat
Giggling
Looking up into everything
As I glide along a surface smoother than ice
It is like surfing on air
I manipulate the lack of gravity
Doing flip after flip
I am invincible
The laugh I thought was echoing endlessly
Morphs into a scream
As I sink
The weightless effect can’t help me
I am falling
I cut myself on Saturn’s sharp razor edge
Down on the ring’s edge
But the galaxy is still spinning
The stars start to disappear below me
Saturn now far above me
I can’t hear my own screech
I scream my throat raw
The darkness is widening
As it consumes me
I reach out
One last time
Try to touch Saturn’s Ring
Pitch Black nothingness
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