Light Switch Poem by Maya Hanson

My marveling spent on your outline,
frames that don't hold any pasts,
maybe no future.

But this blood is not something I can stop from burning.

I pull out my eyelashes from floor to ceiling,
wishing when I can't dream,
smiling when I can't see,
staying when I can't leave.

With the flick of a finger,
the blink of an eye,
you're a dark room I can't figure out without stumbling.

But this heart is not something I can turn on and off.

Please don't leave me in this galaxy
when you go stargazing,
and when the dawn breaks
please leave the light on when you go.