kepler-88

When they find her on another earth
she’s 	at the bottom of a well
Her life a mirror	under a cosmic spell
reality skips 	once		twice 		a river stone
all night the spacefarer tells the same story	alone

lightyears away 
	the crusader	brushes the silvering hair of a stranger 
they ask each other
are they having the same conversation	across the universe today		 maybe?
is my twin twisting in her starry bed 
is she turning her mother’s stomach like a baby

she knows nature bats last 	and danger
makes a moon-sized hole in the aircraft hanger
so through the earthwindow 	
she sees herself dancing in the darkness 

across our star-crossed universe 
I’m cradling a life that’s dejavu
when I close my eyes 			I feel her eyes on stars that see me too
on another planet she dances toward their tropic of cancer
and she studies my sky for answers I seek in her view 

she sleeps till dawn 	questions the water’s orbit and truth 
and arising every morning 	every day
more in love 	with you