ALIVE

ALIVE

summoned to worship
called to daily prayer

wondering what
my strategy would be
to get there
soon as possible

meanwhile
ruthless relativity
making a mockery
of my religiosity

sky heading
(or fat
bit of it at least)
at us
    at insane velocity

collision course mapped
out centuries ago
always
   in the stars

which themselves
saying goodbye, receding
from us
faster than light alright

called to worship
in this time
of calamity

luckily
got every
deity in human history
down on speed dial

and
   a single
goddess here, reading
in consternation

about to seek me out
to tenderize my last moments

such
   caregiving arms (if
she did
remember to
bring with her)

uncertain in
her own mind whether
she
   find me still alive