a piano softly plays,
the bass calmly mirroring my heartbeat,
my eyes are pools filled with tender ripples,
free at last of the turbulent waves of the past
the leaves quietly sing their opera,
enchantingly waving to those below,
my smile isn’t weathered down anymore
free from that unrelenting, endless pressure
my heels move like the wind blows,
the quiet brushing of metal nowhere to be heard
the world filled with the childish joy of novelty
mischievous and stubborn, but innocent nonetheless
looking below me, i see a white blaze,
harsh yet sweet, beautiful yet deadly,
sparks happily flying out,
tentatively poking at the sturdy earth.
looking above me,
i take one last look at the moon’s bittersweet smile,
and watch the sun paint the sky for another day.