“Where I came from” is ionized hydrogen and interstellar dust
The sloughed-off remains of a giant star
Radioactive sparks in sunbeam suspension
“Where I came from” is a long-lost generation of suns
Those that lived and died and scattered their own remains
Nuclear detonations of compact matter, the death spiral plunges of neutron stars
“Where I came from” is the empty depths, the far-flung glints on the cosmic ocean
“Where I came from” is an eddy in an infrared-hot protoplanetary disk
“Where I came from” is a collision of worlds so violent it tore magma from the Earth to coalesce into the Moon
“Where I came from” is the sky, the ground, the sea, the very air we breathe
“Where I came from” is the infinite
“Where I came from” is the Universe
And one day, when I am good and ready, I will go back
— Katie Mack (via Abby)
