You orbit around a young star
In a rocket you travel to a pink planet
Fifty-seven light years from Earth
Four times the mass of Jupiter
Where no one will ever hurt you
No one will scare you
You hang upside down over the galaxy
You spin as fast as an electron
To the music you like in our living room
Where no one will grab your arm
Or tell you that you’re dumb
No one will make you do something
You don’t want to do
Unless it’s time to go to school when
You sport a fedora and high-top Adidas
And wear a Totoro backpack
Dirt and candy smeared across your face
Your outflung arms create a force vector
Torqueing our house into a whirl
This Dorothy makes her own tornado
No one will tell you things you already know
You know all the right words
Look into my eyes
My heart burns with righteous love
That’s been on fire for 20 million years
I swear, if anyone ever looks at you weird
I will destroy them with a one glance
I will remain nearby
In your residual scattered starlight
- Girl Twirling - September 10, 2020
