New Horizons

You like efficiency

Words cut precisely

Why reach for meaning when the surface shimmers too?

I like 

A thousand words, stacked

Climb straight up them

A mountain of meaning 

Sift through

climb down 

and study again. 

You can do that with less, you say

And I remember the first time I ran away

Stuffed animals fully armed

Packed them all up, and put them in the driveway

Ready to break free, 

but unable to leave anyone behind

I’m still that way