Horizon

close upon midnight, the sky is purple
hanging so close it looks like it's falling
ghost lights, iron ladders, reaching to the clouds
globes of sunlight glowing in the night
from where you stand you can see the end of the world
it's so much closer than they said it would be
your eyes ache trying to see where the horizon stops
your heart aches trying to imagine it
the towers of man in the middle of the desert
lost in the sands, hidden in the dark
the wind comes to you, it fills you
it promises you what nothing else can give
stretch your mind, it whispers, you are not alone
there are others who dream of secret lives, like you
the moon is hidden, but you know it is yours
your dream, your fear, the absent part of you
the clouds shift, the wind goes past you
you forget why you were in a trance a moment ago
you crush your apprehension, your hope for something that is not real
what a beautiful night, you say, and you walk on.



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