She's chasing 3,809 miles
to somewhere new,
a ribbon of road
unfurling beneath tomorrow’s sky.
Your presence next to ours,
comforting and familiar
on this last shared journey,
yet even in this proximity,
there's a widening gap.
I’m trying to understand
how the sense of distance sharpens
just when paths are about to diverge—
a paradox of closeness and impending separation.
At dawn,
you were close enough to share a pulse,
but as the day stretches its shadows,
your dreams sketch paths we cannot follow.
I find no softness
in the stark truth
that soon you won’t be here,
but there’s pride in our lungs
and a fierce resolve
to hold tight to these fleeting seconds
until you chase your next horizon—
We part not as travelers sharing a road,
but as souls woven from countless shared smiles,
the tears we dared to let fall,
and a promise—
not a final farewell,
but a promise of tales tangled again
in some yet unwritten chapter.
She’s sprinting across 3,809 miles
to craft a new home in uncharted blues,
a ribbon of road spinning out like a promise
beneath a sky holding tomorrow’s breath.
Your silhouette molds into ours,
familiar like the rhythm of a well-loved song
on this last voyage shared between heartbeats,
yet even in this closeness, there’s a silence growing louder.
I’m grappling with this—
how distance sharpens its teeth
as soon as paths decide to kiss and diverge,
a cruel riddle of nearness and the looming farewell.
At dawn,
you were close enough to share a pulse,
but as the day stretches its shadows,
your dreams sketch paths I cannot follow.
I find no softness
in the stark truth
that soon you won’t be here,
but there’s pride in my lungs
and a fierce resolve
to hold tight to these fleeting seconds
until you chase your next horizon—
We part not as travelers sharing a road,
but as souls woven from countless shared smiles,
the tears we dared to let fall,
and a promise—
not a final farewell,
but a promise of tales tangled again
in some yet unwritten chapter.
Across those vast miles,
my friend,
the stargazer,
the moonchild,
may you find the calm and joy
you seek,
stepping boldly,
adorned with the quiet grace
that has always been your truest cloak.
friend moving away