"THE SLEEPING SATELLITE"

If time were relative,

then I’d like a pause

for a sense of relief

without any cause.

Let me roam around,

lost in space

freely-whirling with no sound,

my temporary place.

But please,

ask me not to relay

messages to messages

from your planets to theirs.

I’d like to be undisturbed,

just a solitary object in this universe

asleep, but still in existence.

Just for now,

I need to be my own sleeping satellite

to compensate over those restless nights...

R.

Jakarta, October 2019