was
i think i’ll take a ride
on the other side of is
a trailer of what might be
i will roll down the windows
and smell the sea
i will let joni serenade me
with puffs of clouds and both sides now
i will worry what will
happen to me
alone in this foreign town
i will sit outside the cafe and feel the sun
warm me on this day of revolution
i will order iced tea half sweet with lemon
i will feel sonder all around me
i will close my eyes and dream this dream
a dress rehearsal to at last
and i will ask the past
to carry me
and it will forever say no
i will love you
only if you be this way
but i no longer recognize
the stranger it claims
crouching in my brain
the person i had become
i escorted all of that away
swept the dust
to never land
and here i am
in possibility
opening the windows to take a long look