Passarola

Travel the stars and time continuum with me

he says with a grin

and jumps onto a boat made of air and stardust

it looks like a pirate ship that has had an upgrade

and stars glitter and blink in a strand of lights

across the top

I think to myself

This must be a trap

like a windowless white van parked by the

school but I can't stop looking at how he holds

a model of the galaxy in his hand and he spins

it and next thing I know there are more little

models and I am climbing up the steps

and I can't look back...

Even if he breaks my heart

I'll follow him forever.