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