Spheres in Orbit

Photo by Sasha Yudaev on Unsplash

Like rolling boulders,
tiny specks of dust.

I thought I’d see
what you saw,
thought I could
expand my
line of sight.

I lost my eyes in you.

I tore them out,
sinews snapping,
shiny green turning
into frosty moss.

Out of me, they
rolled into you,

but I saw nothing.