Comet

Once you were a glimmer on the horizon,
a dream lurking in the outer reaches of space
Mysteries cloaked in hues of cerulean stardust lay
tucked away in a cloudy veil of taciturn stillness
When suddenly, some cosmic wind of fate
swept you form your icy prison and lurched
you into spiral motion, a vortex of gravity
You careened, the harsh vacuum of space
shaking your rocky soul, rocking
your icy center, re-centering
your universe as you entered the realm
of the sun, where photons kiss your subzero surface
and ignite a fire, sublime sublimation
radiating from the flames and glowing
for all of space, for all of time
for all stars, galaxies, and dimensions
You shine, whirl faster and closer
blazing red then gold then blue
as the winds of fusion rip you,
You accelerate, whipping into an ellipse
not knowing that every telescope's eye
is focused in your direction
You light their skies like an omen, a wishing star
with your essence, your being laid out behind you
in a spectrum of truth, reason, beauty
You relinquish control and the pull of celestial forces
spins you back out into the vacuum
where your gaseous envelope is no longer
a sparkling gown, and the sun's attraction
is a gentle tug spanning billions of miles
For the next seventy-six years, you will wander
until the day when a rush of glittering gravitons
will lead you to the eminent sun once more.