The Universe Keeps Expanding

38 years on and you are still in my thoughts every day. Your face is fading but your light still shines. You will be proud of me, I am finally learning to listen. This is for you, out there exploring the universe somewhere.

The Universe Keeps Expanding

The universe keeps expanding,
and still your laughter drifts,
a faint aurora in the dust
between the stars’ cold rifts.

Light born from your last smile
has not yet dimmed nor died;
it sails the dark forever,
where time and grief collide.

I speak your name in silence,
and comets bend to hear,
their silver tails like messages
you send from somewhere near.

Though galaxies keep spinning
beyond what I can see,
your echo folds the cosmos back
and brings you home to me.

• Jay Rose Ana