Love Poem: In the Plenitude of Space
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Written by: Terrell Martin

In the Plenitude of Space

It was a lifetime ago, but it seems as though
                      it was just last evening as the moon was full and bright
                                        when you and I were young,
                            tormented teenagers, trying to find ourselves
                                          and the meaning of life.  
                          Like two particles dancing in space and timeless time, 
                                                 we became 
                         entangled in one another’s hearts, souls and minds.

                                           It was way back when
                                chaos was king and emotions ran wild,
                                  but love was all that mattered then
                                    and I saw it for the very first time
                                       in you glorious, splendid smile.

                                      I admit that I was mesmerized
                                      by the beauty you engendered
                            and those few short days we walked in shade
                                                 I surrendered...                                                    
                                                    everything
                          I had inside: my hopes, my thoughts, my dreams
                              you were my world, my pearl, my universe
                                         my everything it seemed.

                       Until our quantum potential probability wave collapsed
                                         in the plenitude of space,
                                 our single particle split in two again
                                 and you were gone without a trace.

                     And here I am reminiscing now, all these milli-seconds later
                             about how and why and what went wrong,
                                       did you find some elevator?
                                   To a higher plane or did you gain
                                   some newfound, profound truth?
                                  I dare you dear if you’re still near,
                                   was it a newfound love or proof?

                                    That love exists beyond our lips
                                and the smell of your long, blond hair.
                            And if you find these words in future times
                                                   remember,
                                                         I                                                                                                                  
                                                       still
                                                      care.