In Your Orbit by Valerie Parente

In your orbit
I am more than enough
just like a planet
who’s found her sun.

It once seemed aimless
the path I embarked
but it was all predestined
written in the stars.

I would go on untethered
bound to no such rotation
if it weren’t for you
or the gravity of the situation.

In your orbit
I will never stray
I could go around the world forever
with the pull of your weight.

– Valerie Parente (5-19-2025)