what do you want to be when you grow up?
Updated: Dec 31, 2020

i wonder what it’s like to be an astronaut
to drift in the recesses of space
unspoken and soundless and alone.
i wonder what it’s like to be weightless
only because gravity is a fleeting thing and
not because my mind has unraveled
and disconnected from my body.
i wonder what it’s like to be tethered
to be anchored to the side of a spaceship
so that when my strength fails me i
do not simply float away.
i wonder what it’s like to breathe recycled
air and know exactly when the oxygen will
run out and be able to tell myself that
the tightness in my lungs is all in my head.
i wonder what it’s like to look into the sun
to watch it glow around the edges of the
earth and know that i am untouchable.
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