saving face

i’d like to say

my orbit’s safe

that all you did

could not displace

my shining dawn

my endless worth

that on my own

i'm myself first

but i became this

winking star

parading as a

raging fire

hurtling through blue

time and space

drowning in

my saving face

keeping bottles

full of tears

to unleash these

later years

pushing all

my moons away

knowing love

obliterates