Ode to Planet X

You were such an oddity in the world
a different thing altogether that I simply
could not piece you together and understand.
I used to be the brightest star in your skies
but it is inevitable that I will become just another
white dwarf lost in the depths of memory.
I tried to keep you close in orbit around me
yet you drifted further away with each day.
But the time approaches where my gravity
will not hold you back any time longer and
you will be free to travel the universe once more,
your face will become a stranger instead of
one that I've smiled into each and every night.
As you escape the grasp of one solar system to space,
planetary etiquette demands that you lose
your name to simply become Planet (e)X.