Eclipse

Darkness clouds

the somber girl as

she locks her knees

to her collarbone and

cries.

Her solid shape and

opaline skin attract

an atmosphere. What

heavenly bodies live

inside such

sad souls? She—

a celestial sphere

diffusing a gas

that pulls stars

towards her.

And with time

a glowing light

miraculous in mass

gravitates to her

scattered moon dust and

finds her.

Embraces her

breaking planet until

their perimeters align

in radial iridescence

and the dark becomes

an afterthought—

cradling her

and unlocking

her knees.