GirlSense and NonSense Fall 2015 | Page 35

I often wonder how many body shells of mine

lurk around, unoccupied,

from all the times I have shed my skin.

I know that if I cast my gaze to the stars

I see, what appears to be, constellations.

Each light appearing close enough to touch

what looks to be, its neighboring star,

seeming to know each other,

gathering in clusters, shapes and designs.

But those lights, we know,

(though we are tricked to believe they could be

of the same body, of the same imagery)

stand light-years away belonging to different homes

unaware of the aliens on earth

drawing a line to connect them to each other.

I feel far displaced from the flesh I used to wear.

Yet, my timeline draws a short line

from her

to me.