a moment longer

December 10th, 2024

Just a moment longer. 
Let my eyes rest upon you, 
this land. 

Let time bestow itself on me. 
Let me breathe it in. Let me wait
here for a while. 

Let me lay where I stand and rest here. 
Let this be my camp.

And yet I must go. I must depart. It tugs at me. As the mountains or the sea does. Speaking to a deep part of me. 

What torment. 

I wish I could walk these paths each day. A familiar place. Like the trail or stream. One day perhaps.

And yet never the same. For it is a place you always have to leave. A place that never can give you what you want. A place with no residents or home. An empty shell. Beautiful, but dead.


© 2024 Austin Lochan Dodd