You broke my heart on a thursday
I sat away from the conversation
Sifting through your words absently
One poked through
So softly said, so tough a hit
Lightyears in milliseconds
“Boyfriend” escapes your lips
You were my soleil
You hit me like a shooting star
The constellation tattoo behind your ear and
Streaks of gold in your dark blond hair
Like the dancing flicker of a flame
My lonely orbit around nothingness
Was intercepted by a rogue sun
How bright you shone
A gravity to pull towards
The blue sky turned to orange earlier each day
Our conversations grew more frequent
I lingered longer in the between spaces
Biding my time just to say goodbye
I picked at my nails and trailed behind
Conversations that didn’t even include me
Just so I could catch a glimpse of you
Even when you didn’t glimpse back
The day my sun went nova
The air around me stripped away
By a single word
On a thursday