The word “space”

What does that mean to you?

To her it means safety

To her it means quiet

To her it means relief from nothing

Other than what's going on in her own mind

The word “space”

It's the name of the vast void

Laying on top of our atmosphere

Filled with stars and planets 

That she’ll never get to touch

Or see, not through a lense or screen.

The word “space”

She doesn’t mind being alone

The cold hands of loneliness 

Can never seem to hold her

She’s not really sure why she feels this way

But she knows that deep down she still needs connection

The word “space”

A little astronaut alone with her thoughts

A space girl who just needed to go

Seeing the earth as an observer outside of it

Her tether is thick holding her to the earth

So she doesn’t fly too far away

The word “space”

She tries to connect

She tries to speak 

But it’s like speaking to black holes

That steal from her till there’s nothing left

So she puts her heart in a bottle

The word “space”

A big nebula of spinning stars and light

In constellations of diamonds

A universe reflects in her eyes

As she drifts throughout the galaxy

A vacant void of pure beauty

The word “space”

She has who she has, and she loves who she loves

She has friends and family who support her

But she still needs that distance

Even if now, if only sometimes

But she knows that they’ll wait for her

The word “space”

It may not mean much to you

But it means everything to me