Fading Steps

We tangled the lines

We no longer cared

To follow,

An unknown destination

No longer desired

Despite previous yearning

For the final stop

On a trail we

Followed for too long

As our steps staggered

And new paths emerged,

To cut through

Plans solidified

And drawn in sand

By hands not our own-

Only to be erased

And readjusted

By the lines we yanked

This way and that

Aligning with the route

We most desired-

Until the wind changed

And with it our choice

And our end goal-

An end constantly moving,

The stars the final destination

As we dance through an ocean

Of possibility.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet and novelist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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