“So maybe I’m divine. So maybe I’m celestial. But did you forget, baby? The stars we see are already dead.”— WRETCHED, Venetta O.
and the universe said I love you
and the universe said you have played the game well
and the universe said everything you need is within you
and the universe said you are stronger than you know
and the universe said you are the daylight
and the universe said you are the night
and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you
and the universe said the light you seek is within you
and the universe said you are not alone
and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing
and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code
and the universe said I love you because you are love.
”I thought that
it would be worth giving a try,
so I got involved
in the sweet sound of your voice.
I could not explain
but I was sure.
It was you,
all this time.
The empty side of my bed
all the love songs
all the love poems
all the things I’ve ever wrote.
It’s you.
It’s always been you.
moon dust in your lungs
stars in your eyes
you are a child of the cosmos
and ruler of the skies
”