Showering in the Dark

The solar system smashes against my heart--
these patterns are pinholes in black construction paper,
a light shining through.

Take back to the Starlab in the elementary school gym,
ten years old in the dark with classmates--
how many of us had the instinct to kiss our crush?
But never did.

The sky is for wishes, we learned
with the Milky Way, how big the idea of a galaxy--

I hide from bands of lights.





Teresa Petro has publications with Bluestem Magazine, Dot Dot Dash, The Written Wardrobe, Spooky Boyfriend, Weave, and Coal Hill Review, among others. She currently resides in Durham, North Carolina.