Dani Dymond
I Should Have Been an Astronaut
My freckles.
A scattered map of solar flares.
Constellations against skin,
inherited from my father’s side.
Spots born into me, no doubt floating
in my veins, through my blood –
asteroids in the Milky Way.
When the world was big, I’d imagine
that gravity kept them so static,
positioned in a universal harmony.
Strong, with a dotted power
to outshine any cosmos, we thrive –
a lightened dusting of dark matter.
I Should Have Been an Astronaut
My freckles.
A scattered map of solar flares.
Constellations against skin,
inherited from my father’s side.
Spots born into me, no doubt floating
in my veins, through my blood –
asteroids in the Milky Way.
When the world was big, I’d imagine
that gravity kept them so static,
positioned in a universal harmony.
Strong, with a dotted power
to outshine any cosmos, we thrive –
a lightened dusting of dark matter.
Dani Dymond is a senior at Southern Connecticut State University, where the twenty-two-year-old is finishing up her undergraduate degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. She plans on reverting back to her home state of California next year to complete her MFA degree, a goal she has always dreamed of accomplishing. Her short fiction and poetry have been published at Santiago Canyon College as well as at SCSU and Asnuntuck Community College, all of whom print quite prestigious collections of student work. She hopes to someday be able to publish her creative writing while pursuing a career in editing.