Golden-age-lips; locked in agreement <br />To forget everything by morning <br />The carelessness of cruelty <br />In the first part of my life <br /> <br />I was an astronomer, back then <br />Always with the telescope <br />Held to my eyes <br />I was always looking for other planets <br />To sustain me <br />In the time, before we grew <br /> <br />I discovered though, through time <br />However blind I might have looked <br />There aren't any better answers there <br />Spelled out among those starry marbles <br /> <br />No, though they hang beautifully alluring <br />And so mysteriously alternative <br />They are only different, now I see <br />Never better, never worth the journey <br /> <br />Golden-age-lips; locked in agreement <br />To forget everything by morning <br />I forgot everything by morning <br />They forgot everything by morning <br /> <br />I was insatiable, back then <br />Always searching for other life-forms <br />Something new <br />I was hoping for brief encounters <br />To excite me <br />In the time, before I grew <br /> <br />And, funnily, all it took for me <br />To grow into the truth <br />Was for you to wear the spacesuit <br />And depart for planets new <br /> <br />Wisdom-wise-lips; locked in agreement <br />To remember everything forever <br />I'll be honest now and forever <br />You're here honest and forever <br /> <br />(2006)<br /><br />B.. Alexander<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lifeforms/
