Return To Nothing

The stars

Smiled upon us,

As if they knew we’d

Soon join them.


I’d never seen

The stars, until the

Night you introduced

Me to them.


I counted–

One, two

Three, four

Hundred billion.


You gave me

The stars,

Then promised

Me the world.


You promised me

Eternity, but

showed up

Empty-handed.


Now we

Return to the sky,

Enveloped in

A cold embrace.


Not as lovers

Or enemies,

But as

Nothing.

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