The Last Planet

Poem by Emily Rose Miller

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                             ​in the universe completed                   its final revolution 
                                                                        around its sun just 
 
                                                          before
                                                                                       collapsing
 
into what would have looked
                             like a cloud of sand in the ocean 
if there were any more oceans 
                             and if humanity still existed.
 
Humanity scorched the universe,
                            though, and nothing 
is left, not even the pulp
                           of dark matter—destruction spared 
no traces of life, no traces
                           of anything beyond the universe’s deep
indigo of loss. And there is
 
                                                       nobody
 
                             to remember her. And there is
 
                                                                       nobody
 
to pay the price
                                  for the universe’s pain 
                                                                                but her blameless self.

About the Writer

Emily graduated cum laude from Saint Leo University where she received her BA in English with a specialization in creative writing. Her work has been published in The Dollhouse Magazine, Parhelion Literary Magazine, Red Cedar Review, and Inklette Magazine, among others. Find her online at emilyrosemiller.weebly.com, on Instagram @actualprincessemily, or in real life cuddling with her five cats.​