We were lying under
The Las Vegas stars,
Trying to name them.
It was a moment so
Magical and special
That I was struggling
To even try to give
Them sufficient names.
What do you do
In the midst of something so perfect?
You pointed between two stars
Across from each other in the sky.
You said,
“See them?
Let’s call them
Solitary Lovers.
They’re far apart,
But they’re still connected.
Even though
They’re not together,
They’re still
Thinking of each other.”
We continued to count the stars,
Neither of us saying
How in a month
I was moving away.
Elizabeth Day is a writer who’s yet to meet a genre she didn’t like. She is a graduate of Southern Utah University with a bachelor’s degree in English education with a creative writing emphasis and double minors in theater and film. Along with publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in many journals and magazines, she is a regular contributor for the Hey! Young Writer blog and is most recognized for her work as a boy band scholar. Her debut poetry collection, Random Poetry, is out now. You can find her on Instagram @itsanadventur.
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