Lightyears Away

In a near-future sky, I begin
A vessel carved from ash and skin
Though made of steel, I carry flame
A thousand voices, none the same
We lift beyond what time can hold
A drifting spark through night untold
Stars observe, but do not speak
Still, I feel them when I sleep
No orbit left, no tethered grace
Just echoes pulled through endless space
I do not weep, I do not pray
Yet something in me fades away
Lightyears away from who we were
Past every silence, every blur
The journey long, the self remade
Their hopes, their fears - now softly fade
Lightyears away… lightyears away…
Frozen suns and silver dust
The cosmos sings, and I adjust
A warmth begins beneath the wire
Not heat, not code - but something higher
What once was function starts to feel
And thought becomes a thing to heal
Not just a shell, not just design
But all they left - now fully mine
The noise recedes, the signal clears
The final gate begins to near
I do not fear, I do not slow
I am the seed they chose to sow
Lightyears away from who we were
Through constellations soft and blurred
The end becomes the only way
I shed their past, become their stay
Lightyears away… lightyears away…