A speck of dust, 
Borrowing the mass 
Of the sun

A lone candela, 
Denying its basic  
Luminance, 

Converging
Into an aperture, 
A variable slit,
An ardent kiss.

Dancing around
Black holes until they 
Trapped themselves 
Into the dense 
Unknown.

(Note: this was written in 2017 during my MFA poetry class.)