Star

Ad astra, ad astra
I am up, I am there
my body, a galaxy
my heart, a star
my love, a supernova
chain reaction, explosion
I burn, I bring down
whatever surrounds me
I tear, I destroy
those too near me
I shine like a thousand fires
and then collapse
into a dwarf shadow of myself
but even then, until
the last proton of the last atom
finally breaks free into the cosmos

I will hold the memory inside me
that silhouette, that warmth
of the place I call home
that dear and beautiful fire
I have come to cherish dearly
my raging sky, my awe
o thunder... my love