Within The Realms
/What if
I didn’t catch the wave
Never followed
The signs prepped in line
Never jumped on the train
And just-
stayed here in suspension
For the quickest portion
Of what we define as time
Will I?
Still be able to be with you
Or will you just
Let the patience of the mountains
Drive out the sun
So, I can
seek out on my own
Every waking morning
The rising of its rays
Provides warmth to my cheeks
And it is
The calmness of the ocean
That brings so much peace
But then-
You always come back
Like a ravaging storm
Always ferocious-
with your insatiable desires
Always thirsting for more
Always forcing me to outgrow
A former conception
A previous form
To rise anew
With the sprouting leaves of spring
That dangles and dances
During a cold winter day
And you always manage
To heat up the echoes
We forged in unison
That these seasons don’t matter
Now that our dreams
Are coming alive
With the singing of birds
And the gentle hums
Of a clear, crisp, cool stream
And just right after
a night of a clearing rain
You lay there contently
humbled, settled
within the realms
of a deep slumbering lake
catching our hopes and dreams
Letting it be tossed
by the unforgiving river
back to seas
To the trenches
of our beliefs
taking roots to the furthest end
along the infinite lines
of our minds
etched and carved
in these branches and dendrites
are nothing but-
our memories and desires
in perpetual seeking
of that single frame of us
together-
back in each other’s arms.
By Audrine Max
From: Philippines
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