You can cage me in fireworks
But I won’t wither from entropy
I was once resilient to the loss
Or maybe I just absorb it now
Like those sun panels on the roof
I can shoot through the sky
Like charged particles and waves
Scientists proselytize their discoveries
I’ve been reading all about them
We’re all stardust, they say
But my parents,
They don’t understand
They still ride around on rock wheels
I read about Jesus,
And he said to leave them all behind
So I can follow his path
These prophets,
They have their funny ways
But my parents,
They think they understand
Did you see what he did?
My father boarded up the windows
No photon rays can get through
It gets pitch black in this house
I think about the stars
I’ll miss them the most
They remind me of where I come from
All I can do now
Is look at the ceiling and imagine
The supernovas in all their spectacle
Worlds starting anew
I sink into the black space
We’re all just swimming in it
At least, that’s what they all like to say
I can no longer tell the difference
Between supernovas and fireworks
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