Deserted in isolation and silence
Searching for peace in those who could never grant your inner desires
Is this what you wanted?
Turning away slowly
You walk so proudly, but are you all that you embody?
An empty road soaks itself in your existence
Expecting to lose itself in your intricacy
But little does it know you are always abandoned in vacancy

You ponder on
But where is it that you’re hoping to end up at?
What is it that you’re looking for?
Did you hope to find validation in the arms of another?
Or maybe get lost in the words of a lover?
Were you hoping for a message in a bottle to grant you salvation?
Or did you end up by yourself out of misery and neglection?
Did you walk through the overwhelming amounts of rain with prosperous dreams of an arc of
hues on the other side?

Tell me, did the breathtaking field of flowers persuade you to pick them?
Roses, begonias, lilies, and dandelions
Did their beauty allure you to douse yourself in their presence?
The softness of their skin pressing against your fingertips
Did the sun inundate you in all her goodness?
Fooling you to reach for her rays, with the persistent realization she’d scorch you in an instant
Did you fall in love with the Luna?
Both her and her cryptic ways
Depicting serene paradise in darkness
Did you hope to be with her even though she is seized at the break of dawn?
Grasped by the warmth of the Earth
Did you find comfort in her arms as she embraced you better than anyone had before?
Frolicking with the butterflies
Did you feel the intensity of their being as their wings illuminated the cerulean sky
Plunging into the deep river
Did you trust it enough to take you wherever it was heading, even though you knew very well it could lead you in harm’s way?

Face to face with creatures’ unknown
Falling in love with a discrete sort of beauty
Was this what you imagined happiness would feel like?

Surrounded by so much ecstasy and freedom
Did you find what you’re looking for?
-c.alejandra