We Belong

Forever and a day, is that too long,
if I am both your sentence and your ward?
When challenging the meaning of belong,
to share -- is that the best we can afford?

However tall the wall, however thick,
is it designed to keep the inside out,
or outside in, fenced in by mud and brick?
Or maybe it is just a roundabout

and we can't figure out how to get off,
entrapped, two planets in a common orbit
around a deep, black hole: we've reached the trough,
now all that's left is let the hole absorb it,

the remnants of forever and a day.
Blame gravity, it always finds a way.

Author notes: image generated by Midjourney