<p>he counts</p><p>as a year goes by</p><p><br></p><p>measures the time</p><p>in heartbeats</p><p>. . .</p><p><br></p><p>The Cielonaut is lost in the vastness of space.</p><p>He is alone and his journey has only one direction, and no destination.</p><p><br></p><p>He will travel between stars until he reaches an end that he cannot see, or imagine.</p><p><br></p><p>The Cielonaut will travel forever, exploring the far reaches of a very personal emotional cosmos.</p><p><br></p><p>. . .</p><p><br></p><p>the gradual</p><p>rearrangement of stars</p><p>outside the porthole</p><p>reminds him</p><p>again</p><p><br></p><p>of exactly</p><p>where he is</p><p><br></p>