Binary Stars

What has a little astronomy taught us
But that tilt
Not distance
Makes summer or winter
From the sun
Elliptically we have traveled
Around one another
Gravitating with grace
Both of us;
Who is sun? Who travels around who?
You and I judge time
By the sun against the stars
That apparently never move
We learned to lean
However far
As if through light years
Of cross-country difficulty
To the warmth of that first summer
But so soon
Leaves let loose
We cried "Fall! Fall!"
And had forgot
Stars move
The universe expands
Like hands making patterns
Out from the light
They cast shadows
Palming the seasons
At higher speeds
Two brother stars
Began to stretch
Flung far out
Beyond the outer walls
Beyond the last layers and quarks
Two essences
Escalating
Engraving a trail
Of echo in space
With a mutual whisper
Should we never speak;
Everywhere is Summer at the center of what we are