Out of Cryo

The door hums as it opens

I oiled it so it wouldn't creak on my entrance

no automated voice announces me

or where I am

or when

I built this ship of spare parts I collected

from people I knew

It took me years to make and more years in cryo to get here

cold

unfeeling

 

This planet I am on now is lush

and I will keep it that way

park my ship in a cave and let moss grow in the cracks

in the metal that was 

cold

unfeeling

 

I left behind

ruined minds

cold

unfeeling

skyscrapers that ripped clouds

houses that sat on trees

I searched the milky way for a beacon

but we had a curtain drawn across the stars

 

I left coordinates

but they'll have to know how to build their ships to get to me

they must listen

and be of good heart

warm

full of feeling.

GertietheGremlin

VT

16 years old

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