I was unaware I had missed you until I felt my heart pang with longing as I gazed at your sheltered valley again for the first time
You nourished my growth with sunlight and bare feet in endless grass while keeping me from the cruelties of concrete grids and glass prisons
One day I got lost in your redwood oasis and tangled myself in your hair because I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else than with you
I was too young to know the world outside of your gentle exhale and foolishly took you for granted as you became a burden with age
I ached to feel excitement beyond the cautious daylight you offered me and prepared myself to leave you without a second hesitation
You howled as I turned away from everything you had given me but my sights were on the future as I moved beyond what you could provide
I never looked back. We both knew I couldn’t or the pain would consume us and we would ******* ourselves over the heartbreak of leaving the other
One day I would return and bathe in the refreshing starlight of your hidden sky to heal the scars that the land of tar and steel had left upon my sun-kissed skin
I never stopped loving you I only keep my distance to save myself from the pain of leaving you again.