We met between Mars and June
Two stray satellites out of tune
Your voice, a comet’s quiet flame
Fell through the orbit of my name
Oh, we were never meant to stay
Just passing lights in the Milky Way
You pulled me close, then disappeared
Like Jupiter’s storm that never cleared
I still feel the drift of your gravity
A slow collapse in memory
The stars pretend they understand
But even time slips through our hands
The distance shimmered like a lens flare
Soft as the echo of a prayer
We tried to speak in lunar tones
But space has ways to keep its own
Oh, we were never meant to stay
Just passing lights in the Milky Way
You pulled me close, then disappeared
Like Jupiter’s storm that never cleared
Constellations draw your face
Then fade into another place
I’d chase you past the cosmic rain
But I’d just find you once again
and lose you all the same.
We were only a flash, a fleeting hue
A nebula that almost knew
If Mars taught me what longing is
Then Jupiter showed me what distance is