silver stars

speckle night seas

as i sit

on a creaky dock

stained with lichen

and mildewed leaves

dipping my toes

into a tepid pond

ripples twisting

my tarnished reflection

and i wonder

about what we

could've been

gazing deep into

the indigo nebulas

dusted planets

glowing supernovas

maybe on another earth

we wouldn't have

done this to each other

breaking our

cracked sandcastles

tanned crumbles

washed into midnight seas

an empty shoreline

us wiped away

somewhere on another earth

we'd be on our beach

seastrand glistening

under dusky suns

your sand crusted

hand warming mine

as we piled

the tawny sand

into loose walls

cemented by

wave rolled pebbles

and seawater

into grand sandcastles

dappled with

opalline shells

dried olivine kelp

as the sun creeped

below the bobbing

cerulean sealine

smears of amber

and tangerine

painting cloudless skies

as waves crashed

on rocky arches

somewhere on another earth

your eyes

would be warm and

dancing with life

like summer green seas

not icy dark

when you left me

with salt stained cheeks

and a bitter stain

on all our memories

somewhere on another earth

we'd brave

frothing currents

and stomy tides

together

not crying over each other

mountains and prairies

apart

somewhere on another earth

we'd have a future

together

waking up at dawn

sunshine rimming

water stained windows

eggs sizzling

on flaked pans

smiling laughing

with each other

your eyes a

turquoise joy

and i wouldn't be

sitting in a meadow

alone in the twilight

gazing at the stars

thinking about

better futures

somewhere on another earth