The sun will consume us in a few billion years.
Gas billows blow across space,
so quick in an instant we won’t have time to look up
to call
to scream
to whisper
those last unsaid words;
dust.
The gray image is my innards,
A hole where the cancer used to be.
It is relief
It is hope
It is life.
A fossil.
We dig them up in the deserts.
All the things that grew, walked and flew
That roared in the darkness; all they ate;
Coupled, shameless, the parts of exultant being.
They, too, blasted to dust.
Will they laugh at us when we join them
Unable to change fate?
Your eyes were dark that first time
Unfulfilled with a first kiss.
The grey image shows the hole of what’s taken;
It does not show the touch of your mouth.
You thought in jest that I made fun of your hair.
Sighs come before screams.
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About michaelstephendaigle
I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest;
Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards;
Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards.
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest.
Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards.
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Named a Book Award Winner in 2021 by Maincraft Media Fiction Book Awards;
The Red Hand (2019) a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest
Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards
A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Dragony Rising (2022) First Place for Mysteries in the 2022 Royal Dragonyfly Book Awards; named a Notable 100 Indie Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards; A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards. A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards.
