My universe

When I was five

Was the size of an M&M

 

The stars were made of rock candy

Cherry 

Raspberry

Blueberry

Strawberry

 

Some planets were Gobstoppers

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars 

 

Others were Ring Pops

Jupiter 

Saturn 

Uranus 

Neptune

 

The Milky Way

Was just that 

Like its name

Milky Way

 

My universe 

When I was 12

Was a little bigger and better

 

The stars formed constellations

Big Dipper

Little Dipper

Orion 

The Fishes

 

Some planets I really loved

Earth

Jupiter

Uranus 

Neptune 

Some planets I only liked

Mercury 

Venus

Mars

Saturn

 

The Milky Way

Was no longer a chocolate bar

But chocolate milk

Surround by strawberry and banana milk

 

My universe 

Now, at 21

It is too big to comprehend

 

The stars take other forms

City lights

Airplanes

Glitter

Lighters

 

Some planets remind me of other things

An element 

A song

Tennis 

And Spongebob

 

Some planets I haven’t thought about

Like home

Martians

Seven Eleven

And 764 Earths

 

 

The Milky Way 

Is still a cloud of diary

Full of glitter and candy

With a 21 dreaming like a 5

 

The universe

When I’m 80

Will be even more extraordinary