I want to inhale
the stardust of your smile
to breathe you in
until the night forgets
where the stars end
and I begin

let your laughter
scatter light through my lungs
let every quiet curve
of your mouth
become a constellation
I can carry home
I don’t want the moon tonight
I want the sky
when you look at me
and for one impossible moment
everything in the universe
feels close enough
to breathe

and if I could stay there
in that small universe
between your smile
and my breath
I would

I’d let the stars fall softly
one by one
and keep only the light
you leave behind
inside me