Poetry: Galaxy by Michaela Carmitan

GALAXY

by Michaela Carmitan

You’re probably thinking in French

Practicing for conversations with foreign tongues

Learning the difference between I miss you

And You’re missing from me

Or maybe you’re stretched out in bed

Breathing in other people’s words and worlds

Creating your own big, big questions

And alternate realities

In your ineffable mind

Or perhaps you’re sitting, back straight,

Fingers dancing in keys

Your eyes shut, not for practice,

But because you can’t help it, can’t bear it

The music so beautiful, you must see with your eyes closed

I paint pictures of you in my head

And I smile

Yes, you’re not by my side

But you’re with me