what does it mean to be
star
               dust 

a time remembered but gone
existence hanging on a thread of light
like a ray from a red giant
fleeting into the shadows 
of a cold white dwarf 

we all meet here 
in this crossroads of eternity 
a life we are all living 
and have lived 
and will live again 
in a different shape or form

we all come full circle 
spiraling down in centripetal force 
that is our nature as 
gravity pulls us not just down 
but in

where we look and find god
collapsing like a lung 
organic and strangely magical
breathing fire and air 

what does it mean to be 
dust 
of a star

dying 

to bring life again 

until the hydrogen runs out
and a twin star expands 
and a giant is born