This leaving…

this

leaving

is as much

a running away

as a rushing toward

no kiss goodbye no

kiss hello no

place in between

there is

no safe harbor

left for me

to go

.

this

twisted

paper heart

set aflame

everything

it ever loved

trying to light

its way through

the dark

.

by now

I should

know you

can’t make a

lighthouse out of

a human being

so far out

at sea

the north star

cannot save this

shipwrecked

ruin

.

make

a wish

in a bottle

and throw it

overboard

all that is left

of myself

I offer

a prayer

for the ocean

that it finds

its shore…

.

~LLN

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