QUANTUM SOLSTICE

 

cast along the last streak of daylight

on the longest night of the arcing year

a small crystal sun shimmering in the frozen void

longing for another hearth to call safe home

 

the stars stretch again against their longing

these galaxies intertwined across lips and eyes

words that spark across screens like static

hearts hammer thundering a dark chime

 

what is old is released into the welcoming void

spiraling back into ageless infinity

what is new is born from this primordial darkness

unwinding the quartz inside an unmade wristwatch