(smoke barrelled down
the valley and across
the lake, visible
only through luminous
moondust

i felt
security

i saw that
even the darkness
was shrouded in
light)

it's been a thousand hurricanes and
two thousand rainbows and
i am breathing

i've been to the ends
of the earth with you.

i spent years on my knees
crawling to kiss your
feet.

you held up the sun
until you swallowed it
whole, my desperation in
your talons

i can not placate to these
storms, anymore

i'm sorry

i found another
way to live