Worlds Collided

I hear its melody, its earth tones, blowing whispers

And I am transported back; back to warm August nights

Of you and I when two worlds collided.

My orbit came too close to yours

Next pass felt the pull of your sway.

    Before realizing it, unable to break away;

    Your gravitational draw caressed my Terroir.

Weeks passed, remained in your path flight

Unable to free my world from your magnetic field

    Waiting the inevitable pull into your atmosphere

    Feverishly on fire, dropping after such a height.

And as I pass from the heavenly to the earthly,

Become a shooting star

    For other lovers to see

    Perhaps…, they will wish upon me.

Michael palmer