I drove about a million miles
(plus one or two for stops)
along the way I caught
the scent of a place
I recognized
from times when I would ride
next to you
in the passenger-side
with windows down
so my hair would fly,
whip and turn
set fire in the rays of the sun
and burn a brilliant
brunette luster.
I walked about a thousand footsteps
(just to day dream with you)
through those fields
full of hearty golds and emerald greens
life to keep everything living,
and I could breathe.
I watched those quivering stalks
dance and shiver
with the temperamental winds
in the Indiana sun
and my mind
sighed
and my heart
was content
and my body caved
to you.
I waited about three-hundred minutes
(for you)
to feel a touch, unique
and dance beneath an oceanic sky
full of swimming Osprey
screaming, the hungry cries
wafting down
as our symphony,
and laughter lifted up
as a generous applause
so that I thought
I might
just dance there
forever.
I watched the seconds slip
(anxiously awake)
through the last night in our lover's
bliss, I didn't sleep
a wink.
Imagining that familiar sting
of all that I'd come to love
being torn away from me
by a cold distance
and a bustling city
beckoning me to come
back where I sprouted from
in those early hours of
an unwanted dawn
I found I wanted
just one to
love.
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Submission Name: Harsh Sound
