Breathe deep.
Hold on.
Here comes a big one.
Waves crash in.
Days like dawn.
Treading water
never was an escape.
Car in drive.
Cash for gas.
We’re getting out of here
at last,
if we can only
break free
from all of these
memories.
Watch another
clear blue sky
reach out past forever
and we swore
we’d never leave
this place,
or each other.
Easy to say.
Not so easy to do.
After all,
this is the way
all things go
in this world.
Hold on.
Take a breath.
Here comes another one,
up over our heads.
Trying to pound us down,
like the sea
turns the land to sand.
Hold on to my hand.
Never let go.
This is how you’ll know
it’s me
after all of this explodes.
That perfect fit.
That perfect sky.
Not even asking “Why?”
anymore.
Horizon
is a faraway shore
for us to find.
HG – 2022
