Can we be what
We are not?
Two stars eclipsing
Each other
Emitting effervescent
Luminescence
But never to shine
Bright
Any light

Is this
All we can be?
Life, like death?
Warming
That is global?
A planet
In a fire’s pocket?
Electricity
In a broken socket?

Are we
All we can be?
A star
Pregnant with a
Superior life form, not
A pulsar
Breathing in, death
Out, life