The Ache of Self Containment

Vulnerable
I let myself be susceptible
Feeling secure and helpless at the same time
Drifting into a comfortable trance
As if cocooned in a vessel of love
That travels across the vast expanse

I watch the stars reflect in her eyes
Behind clusters of clouds and dust
Hiding worlds and secrets never to be revealed
Like a heart that aches in self-containment
Foretold by the figures of ancient constellations


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