Challenge
Love Across the Stars
Write a short story or poem about a long-distance relationship across different planets or galaxies.
Polaris
Burst from the hole of space
Strewn across star studded time
Thrown backwards at a great force
I tread water in a cosmic sea
Fumbling as an infant while
You stand on another shore
Waiting while I swim alone
Not daring to dip so much
As a single toe in the sand
I bathe in the reflection of a gaze
Once a stone’s throw away
Now I shiver in the oort cloud
Brightly you burn eons away
An impossible pursuit, this fruitless chase
Love cannot be understood
Revelation comes much too late
Lifetimes are spent wading
Lost through the dark eternity
Until starlight touches our skies
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