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She came from the sky
He realizes this when he sees her
For the first time
Stargazing
Tunneling every pore of her existence
Into imaginary telescopes
Wishing on celestial fires
For a flame of her own
From that moment on
He wanted to become the stars
He wanted her to stare at him
Like he was something beautiful
Wanted her to place her hands together
In reflective L-shapes
Thumbs touching
Trace the lines between his joints
As if they were really there
He wanted her to make stories about him
Turn his ankles into chained princess
His hair into mythical beasts
He wanted her to be enchanted with him
Willing to lie on dew-dipped grass
Stay out way past midnight
Just to be in his presence
He wanted this of a girl
Who came from the sky
He fooled himself into forgetting:
Everything finds its way back home
He loses her
To the thrum of night
Swallowed up by innumerable black
Planets bouncing across her cheeks
He stands at the edge of his sanity
Feet braced and shoulders wide
Launches himself into the crack of dawn
Curves his fingers into the fissure between
The sky and the earth
Splits the two like they did to her
He holds up the night
To find her
Scratches under layers of Erebus
Gathers desperation in the form of Nyx
He pulls apart each cloud
Each whisp of air
Every strand of sky
Holding it and the earth together
If they must be apart
So must the universe
She came from the sky
He carries its burden
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An assignment in English class prompted us to create a poem inspired by characters or situations from Greek mythology. This is the result.