Aphelion

Existing in a brilliant white light, orbiting at perihelion, bathing in the warmth of the sun’s glow,

Basking in pure bliss, this should last forever, however, the mind drifts into deep space,

Thoughts fire like lightning bolts, sparking imagination, and conjuring forgotten memory,

Doubt appears through tainted thoughts, and erodes the perfect white edges of the mind,

The memory fragments, thoughts float away, and the last bright white vision fades to black,

Unseen hands pull from deep space, the mind drifts away, far from the sun, and into aphelion,

Icy darkness freezes thought, and the only light left is a glimmer of stars through icy shards.

 This poem was the foundation for my ambient electronic album Aphelion, which is part two of my Interstellar trilogy of albums.  I released all three albums in 2023, you can listen to the album in full on Youtube and it is also available on all music platforms.

For Reference: Aphelion, in astronomy, is the point in the orbit of a planet, comet, or other body most distant from the Sun.