Sedna

Found Poem
written 03/17/04
from: SF Chron. 03/16/04
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/16/MNGGM5LMCU1.DTL&hw=Farthest+Object+in+Solar+System&sn=001&sc=1000

Sitting so quietly with the
silence ripping at my eardrums
while spring warmth oozes away.

"The farthest object
in the solar system..."

you whispered
with stabbing eyes.

It was found.
I cannot find you...

You're cold
like your precious cloud,
artic goddess.
ice goddess.
You could be her Ice King.

Because you,

You are the making
of stars, comets,
long lasting images
embedded into eyelids.

Magnified
and i've looked so close
i could see,

see the window that leads
to your soul

the fossil window of time.

But here,
across the table
or 8 billion miles away,

floating with her.
Your Sedna.

Too high and mighty
for my warmth,
beauty,
Touch.

The ice age came,
killing off my dreams,
forsting your eyes
and then you cam around,
just as the waters flowed.

This is the closest you'll get,
Because you've begun to drift.

When can i see you?
When can I love you?

5,000 years from now on
the shores of hawaii,
squinting,
for your light?

For your distant affection?