Desolate Spheres

I close my eyes and the sun goes outHold a breath and all of the creatures fall deadCover my ears and the universe goes silentNot a water dropNot a heartbeatNot a sound from a songbird in any of the 4 cornersI swallow the stars until they burn like coals through my eyesMy outline glows against the night sky like an eclipse of the sunAnd sparks follow each of my movements like a shower of meteorsI light up the sky with the AuroraComets appear before dawnHe greets us at death in that quiet place that is faint in our memoriesThat place that has always been there but we can't quite rememberWhen you cross that bridge to the other world, open the door and step throughStep through the stars, swim through the gate,Touch the very boundaries of the universe