poets of distant planets

i want to meet the poets of distant planets;

see what kind of fire burns in their bones,

taste the cosmos through alien words,

and get drenched in the metaphors of outer space.

i want to meet the poets of distant planets;

find out if they've ever knitted poems comprised only

of loose strands of sadness,

or painted ballads of overflowing joy,

discover if their souls have ever ached deeply for

another soul,

or if love is just a human illness?