"The Center of My Universe" Inspired by In the Orbit of You:

The Center of My Universe

My days were brighter with you

and cloudy when you left.

But like the sun always rises,

I knew the cloudy days

would give way to sunny ones again.

Until the last time you went away.

As you drove away that time,

I felt the sun at the center of my universe

fade to black.

I continued to circle

endlessly

uselessly

around the place you used to be.

My memories of you

of us

gave the illusion of light

but they could not replace you

nor the empty feeling you left behind.

I stayed in orbit

stubbornly refusing to find another sun

another happiness.

All I wanted was for my universe to be righted

for you to come back.