The Star Charter

She lays out her maps and measures the distance

To the place where she wants to be and where she is now

Her face in distress as she contemplates

The cost to fly

The work to try

And leave this place

To make it to Mars

Be one with the stars in a dance that you’ll never grow tired of

She’s fired up and ready

But also unbalanced and unsteady

On her feet she falls

When gravity betrays her.

But her will was always greater and she tells me she won’t stop

Because we will reach them,

She tells me

And we can do it together

One more chapter, twelve more notebooks

Tests and interns, message professors

Find the other side of the world and leap off its face

She reminds me of all I don’t know

All I’ll never be a part of

A competitive streak

Running just under the speed of

Light.

Flight or fight.

Where leaving us is giving up

But I don’t know if she wanted it as much

And if she does She’s up and gone Removed and beyond And leaving me behind And maybe I deserved it.

A little bit.

And maybe she’s being selfish A little bit. And maybe what I understand Isn’t half of it.

Yesterday we ran across dandelion fields -

What could tomorrow yield

With her head in the stardust?

- r.k.

wOAh it's March tomorrow!

WoAH two posts in just as many days?! Will Saltshakercity's founder actually keep up regular updates or is this just another fluke where she'll post for a couple days everything she's written recently and then go on another two month hiatus?

Hah. That's funny.

*AHEM* Anyways, that's a thing. That I...wrote. I really need to refine my writing style I think it's kind of all over the place. But for some reason the ending always feels perfect but the lead up is a bit weak I guess I work on that.

I have so much homework today. Haha, "Worry-free Wednesday"? more like "aNXIEY ATTACKS ETERNALLY" because I really need to work on my time management how do people actually be productive and stuff teach me your secrets.

Well, everyone's different, but I've tried to pick up some better habits...it's been two days in a row that I've brushed me teeth at night! I SWEAR I DO brush my teeth at night but sometimes I'll eat something after and then go to sleep and I feel guilty every time I do that so I'm working on it...better now than never, right?

Have a good life. God bless.

(notice how I'm making no promise of a post soon because I find that when I don't make the commitment to post soon I end up thinking "hey maybe I should post that thing" and start working on it when I have other homework so that's a strategy I guess....

OH YEAH! Follow my friend ketchupwithrachel on Instagram! She's very punny, you'll like her.

(I also have one too but I haven't posted in like a year so please don't look at it...)

K bye.

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