It’s you and me in this nightmare
That’s as often as pleasant as it is painful
Shared dreams, shared cracks in the shell
Humanity intertwined
Let’s not forget each other in the maze
My dead ends need your ways through
And my soul needs the one that belongs to you
Years are a purifier
Straining and sifting
Polishing the edges
Gems refined
You and I are rough hewn stones
Pulled from the dirt
And returning to it
Wizened by time
There is value in age
A shimmer to experience
Lessons learned
Gems refined
Take these hands
Or at least one of them
And pull me along
Through twisted trees
I want the adventure of a lifetime
But more than once
Every sun setting
On a lesson learned
I won’t accept the blur
The draining of the seasons
Into passing memories
Unremembered
There is a fine line
Between trudging wearily
And walking lightly
I’ve danced back and forth
Across that line
Anxiety will do that to a person
In a moment
The tide can turn
From fear to elation
From panic to relief
Back again
In spite of my body
My emotions dance gingerly
Atop the nerves
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