growth

It's a kind of follow-up to a poem I wrote a few months back. They're startlingly different perspectives of the same person.

I once wrote a poem
likening me to Pluto
and you
to the Sun.
I wrote of how
I couldn't possibly
have compared to you,
you this thing of beauty--
this thing of life and sustenance.

I waxed lyrical
about how
I revolved around you,
you this burning
ball of light--
this beacon
to guide me home.

It's taken the death of stars
and asteroids for me to see;
it's taken a few knockings
from meteors and debris but
I've learned.

I've learned
that you are not the Sun.

You're a black hole;
you're an all-consuming
pit of nothing;
a suffocating darkness.
And you don't let people go.

But I'm still Pluto.
I'm still small
and I'm still not a planet.
But I won't be sucked in by you;
I'm not in your solar system.
I never was.

Reviews

[Shaquana Adams]

Nice comparison. It's very unique and interesting. Nicely penned girl! ^-^
-QuanaWana

[Sami Khalil]

"But I'm still Pluto.
I'm still small
and I'm still not a planet.
But I won't be sucked in by you;
I'm not in your solar system.
I never was."

A good write. Thank you for sharing. >>>>>