For the Lost Princess

Once upon a time, 

(for our story started
as all the best stories do)

in a galaxy far, far away,

(or maybe not so very far at all)

the stars uncrossed themselves

and we few friends found freedom

fought for it-

paid for it in blood

in tears

in empty chairs around too quiet tables. 

And after everything,

every battle,

every starless night, 

every silent prayer flung into the void, 

the only thing that remained,

still and steady,

was this:

you,
the pivot point 

around which my universe 

wobbles. 

Gravity will never teach me 

how to leave this orbit.