most stars aren't alone. they form in clusters from the same darkness, the same collapsing cloud of gas and dust. they say when stars get close they begin to orbit one another. as if gravity is just fate in disguise. I believe it. you say my name and I forget for a moment what I am for. and now it is 2 am and neither of us are asleep and both of us are pretending this is nothing. (this is not nothing.) most stars aren't alone. I wonder if that is what this is - if we were born of the same dust. if that is why talking to you feels like gravity. I believe it. god, I believe it.