once in poetry

an outdoor hot tub in a cheap motel in Sedona once
looking up at the Red Rocks with a lover once
looking up at desert stars with an ex once
I was there once
might as well have been another life
but I was there once
it was glorious and
it’s probably greedy to ask that
the stars and the Red Rocks shine
upon my weathered face again
to shine upon me twice
but yes vast universe
yes I am asking that