Pale Blue

Radiation seeps
from gaping wounds
as pests search for
hidden homes.

Titanic towers that
parted the sea of
clouds lay broken
exposing the
secret skeletons
beneath their
former brilliance.

Glittering metropolises
now sit in ruin with
shattered windows
and shadows deeper
than black holes.

A small choice,
by a small person,
took a pale blue dot
and turned it gray.