Dementia Space

You are far away now like a star

collapsing into itself.

I once read that all it takes now

to destroy our mighty Sun 

through chemical implosion 

is the tiniest piece of iron 

no larger than a frying pan 

(if it were possible for us 

to have such a close 

encounter).

Like the Sun, we cannot reach you

on this journey through

crushing loss in

the same space

for a fleeting

time.