words

Rearing against the sky’s spherical volume

Fleeing the horizon

Sometimes I feel it too

This desire to escape the human mess

All the overlapping voices

Interwoven signals

I’d rather not bear witness

But

I am bound to this

Inhaling the same ancient molecules

Waiting with heavy eyelids

For everyone 

To be quiet

Just for a moment

A breath

But

Not today

Today I chain my heart to the stallions

Slowly crossing the atmosphere

I call to them

But

They can’t hear me

Over everyone else

All talking over one another

To see who can be the loudest

I let them win

Another day perhaps

2023sm