I can fly

I’ve never been this high

Giddy and laughing about all my eyes can steal from the squinting sunset

You entered my dream and I was taken prisoner

You started to tell a story

You know I’m a good listener

Talk of trees and men coming to cut them down

Your face darkened

I pretended not to notice

I put on my most polite frown

Stop talking and fly with me

Talk is for later when our wings are too tired to soar

Right now I need you just to be

There is a twinkling on the horizon

I take your hand and push forward through the scratchy puffs of cloud

Look at me, don’t be frightened

Your hand was soft and I knew we were safe

The dew was forming on my brow

It was time to land near the lake

The one with laughing children hiding

The ones who hid from the school that forgot their names

Some were even inside the houses with vinyl siding

They mold in the shade of dusk

I’m tired, let us rest

My fingers have begun to rust

The ceiling falls down upon my chest

A reddish glow covers my face

Did I pass the test or did I lose the race?

Hold my hand just one more time before I pass

I know it can’t last, forever is just around the setting sun

Touch my face, remind me how we soared so high

I never thought things would be like this when I die

Forever is always just a few steps away

I’ll see you on the other side my love

Be it a cloud, a wall of wood, a puddle of mud

I promise to find you…on the other side