Wild star

you always said that hearts were magnetic
that’s what drew us together
and kept us that way
no matter how hard or far we tried to run
regardless of knowing what was best
in our tortured minds
our hearts always pulled us back to the other
I always scoffed at your theory
although I could not explain it any better
and nights like these I wish you were right
as I sit on the dock
dipping my cotton-candy painted toes
into the murky night water
speaking to you in the sky
as the tears cascade from my cheeks
and ripple into the waters below
I see a streak across the heavens
you, my wild star,
shooting across the night
and into my heart forever.