Adiós: My Backyard Stars Poem by Nika McGuin

I: Proto-star

My backyard stars
shine brightly tonight
they know that soon
I'll pack my bags for Mexico
they won't be seeing me
and even I don't know
for how long

For the longest time
they watched my struggle
as every window opened
in my prison-like bedroom
got instantly shut closed

And the stars sighed
the farthest off sighs
as I walked on for miles
or so it seemed, and arrived
right back where I'd started
a room with blinds shut tight

recently, every night they've beamed
as I sped towards old dreams -
nearly forgotten dreams - on wheels
as dark as the midnight skies
the desolation of yesterday
drawn into a giant black hole
and gone

II: Supernova

My backyard stars
we met at the age of five
only now to say goodbye at that of twenty-five
or rather adiós, and at that they do sigh
but their hot little hearts still shine
both in fear and hope for me
and I feel the same, tenfold

For I know not what awaits me,
'cept for homesickness and possible loneliness
but my Sagittarius-esque hope has always
been stronger than any mundane fears
those can't and won't keep me from
what I've wanted for countless years

'entonces, adiós mis estrellitas del patio trasero,
nos vemos en otra vida'