How to Question Asteroid 16 Psyche

Do not ask who did this to her,
who shattered her to her core.

Do not ask what she remembers
of the larger self she's lost.

Examine her battered surface,
drenched in frozen tears,

tears shed by lesser asteroids
to cloak her naked metal.

Ask only if she's comfortable,
offering to move her sunward.

Then be silent. Keep her company.
Let her speak in her own time.