In the New World

(to my husband on our 10th wedding anniversary)

We’re watching a space documentary

My Husband says,

“listen to this…

…it’s this man’s first time in space and

the way he describes it…well…just listen.”

The Space Man says,

“At first I couldn’t tell up from down.

Damn near lost my mind tryna figure it out.

But,

then I realized

It doesn’t matter;

up and down, it doesn’t matter.

They don’t matter.”

My Husband says,

“People aren’t ready to live in space.”

Then, he looked at me.

And, without saying a word,

he proposed:

My mind is clear

Are you ready to go with me to the moon?

We aren’t there yet,

but, one day soon,

we’ll be so high up…

up and down won’t even matter.

They won’t matter.

I blinked my, “I do.”

Estamos.

Juntos.

Los Astros