Alien Baggage

In a blood crush of all or nothing
the ghost of your dream flew in    
stared at my fool in the mirror    
and asked me where I'd been    
    
The cruelest years were heartless    
as I grew deaf to their call    
and after so long apart    
I felt I had no heart at all    
    
So what is it you seek from me    
in my desert of tears and dust    
where twilight taunts the sun    
and the candle's almost snuffed    
    
She threw back her head and smiled    
hair like shining gold    
sighed I want to have your child    
before we grow too old    
    
Outside the rain kept falling    
and the fire was burning low    
she slipped out of her spacesuit    
and said: Here's all you need to know    
    
I sensed the spirits watching    
as our fates became entwined    
Come the morning she was gone    
though our souls were realigned    
    
The scars we carry with us    
can bind like prison bars    
but Earth's mountains might not crumble    
before she's colonizing Mars