fireflies & stars

against the midnight sky

like a map of what’s been and

what’s yet to come.

my feet walked the path

of a cosmonaut and i

believed in my ability

to disturb the galaxy,

but when the world told me

i was nothing i believed them,

and when i was shoved in a box

i accepted it. and now i wonder

why i cannot stand tall, and now i wonder

if it’s worth making the stand at all.