Step outside
Trips in your mind
Run and hide
Seek what you find

Sepia skies
Moonlight that burns
Friendly eyes
Memories and yearns

Watch life from afar
Knowing it’s a game
Wishing on a star
It’s all the same

World passes by
Minutes and hours
Too young to die
Thorns of flowers

Simple joys fade
End of the road
Plans best-laid
Carry the load.

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A poem by Jason S. Sullivan, 11-30-20