Orbit

I felt a shift- as if my mortal chest
had emptied but for bold, if quaking, heart
an emptiness as vast as ever was
where all was all and yet a single part

Deep in that space my wondering puzzled soul
found refuge in the scale of Gaia's form
and shaped itself with valleys green and bright
and silent caverns frosted and forlorn

Then where I was the full and changing Earth
I found as well a golden burning Sun
though misty clouds passed hazily between
the warmth felt like a call to try and run

As if the hidden sun could ease my heart
As if it's rays could thaw my winter skin
So though I had no feet I sprinted on
to see what beauty waited there within

I recognized a curious smiling spark
T'was you, my friend, I saw you at the core!
A flutter built where once I had my chest
I tried to quell it but it rose still more

And since I've paced elliptical in course
with you - subconscious center- warm and sweet
the seasons rise and fall within my mind
as hope and fear take turns to merry meet

and merry part, and merry meet again
until I'm unsure if it's I who steers
I worry "Does the Sun despise the Earth
for it's desire ever to be near?"

Oh, Sun! If you'd excuse my circling path,
I'm trying hard to stay within my bounds.

Oh, Friend! My hearts so happy when you're near
I'm sure I seem to be a fool profound.