That Was All That Mattered

Gazing into the deep black of the sky, I’d hoped to see
The brilliant golden glow, of some far away star
An orange Sun, to a deep blue Earth
Overwhelmed, was I

My mind was reeling, over and over
Somersaults, around, round and around
I could see no holds, no grips
I could hear no sound

Within that roiling pot, of turbulent thought
I swam, I flew, and I drowned and I fell
There was no end, and there was no beginning
Only despair, only doubt
Here after, hell.

On a tiny blue dot, somewhere, some place
In the vast nowhere, of the ever-dark black
All that mattered, was that a boy loved a girl
And, that a girl loved him back
That was all that mattered, and
That was all that mattered.

Infinite Suns in the Everdark Black