Constellations

Together for good and for bad
We weather each others' storms.
I rain on your parade
And you march along umbrella in hand.

We all run into something -
A bump somewhere that seemed trivial
Turns into major damage down the line
Yet nobody leaves the scene.

On a darkened cold night
With a warm room in sight
You stay out in the elements
Urging him on, a body to lean on.

And even though yesterday she broke your heart
Today she saves your life.
Last week his forkethed tongue pierced your bubble,
But this midnight his words lead you out of the abyss.

We all hurt each other, this is known.
Stars of such magnitude don't always coexist so peacefully.
His black hole of misery
Her manic supernova...

But somewhere in the gravity of it all
Nebulous seeds germinate new illumination
In the torrential violence of our being
Gentle love permeates the haze.

And from broken fragments of explosions and implosions
We are each others' sunrise.

-KP