Traveling This Horizon

I sat on the horizon

amongst mermaids and sea urchins

lost sails and floating bottles

from last year's Independence Day

with skipping rocks that'd lost their way

and an emptiness all around

as I beckoned you to join me in the journey

for the search for forever,

for peace,

for something in life

that the city just can't provide.

At night I'd dance with the stars

and begged the Moon to let me see the world

as he does,

to see Italy, Dubai, and New York all at once-

to learn what it means

and what it feels like to lose myself

in what God's made.

But then in the morning,

with the rising of the sun

and setting of the great moon

as the waves settled and began to sway softly,

I found myself still on the horizon,

alone

realizing but no longer compromising

that there are moments in life

meant to be traveled with others

but then, there are those moments in life

meant to be traveled with ourselves.