We promised to keep the lanterns going
to tell each other from what way we were headed
to give each other enough time to pack a bag and make a bed

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I am looking for you at the end of this dock
Out in the world. Are you leaving or headed home?
I thought we had the lights lit

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Those fucking matches seem to have walked away on their own.

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The sea currents seem confused messy,
the waves are breaking in a way impossible to swim.
Gusts are blowing in all directions back and forth, even down

Overwhelmed but found.

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Unfurling my folded fingers, grabbing for a match
The wind takes them loose and fluttering
towards land, towards sea. Match and hand looking for the wick

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Don’t you shut out the lights, and I’ll light mine.