Dear Horizon

How long must I stare into the sunset

Till the only thing I can see is you

Like pirates to the sea

You

are my tomorrow

Where we slip away from present

Clutches

On a bed of silken sheets

Under the light of stars I keep in masonware

For I no longer fight for the need to be chosen

A land where the sun toasts the deck

My hammock strung between masts

Will you

Come for me by storm

Stampeding across the sky on gray chariots

To wrestle in mud pits and

Decide my fate with dice rolls across a sliding table

Will I spot your

Sandy shore from afar

A paradise of crab, mango, and gold

Where my straw hut would overlook breaching whales and

I could swim in your coral lagoon

Perhaps I'll fall off the world

Tripping into your arms

As we press against a wall

And I wonder if I should kiss your blushing cheek

And that bitten lip

I call full sails

When I'd rather have wings

Perhaps when we meet

You

Can teach me to fly