andromeda.

stars are all moving
relative to the sun, they could be
distant relatives of mine
i think.

but because they are so far away
it will take thousands of years
thousands of lifetimes
for me to see you move.

and maybe
in a thousand lifetimes from now
you and i will meet, Andromeda
and i will free you from your chains.

somewhere i will build a castle
for you and i
and we will live there in solitude,
over a drawn bridge, a cerulean moat
defying the sky.