Leaping Forward

Beneath a blue sky we dreamed

Of what was to come,

Our eyes closed

Breath held tight

As lungs ached for a release,

We were terrified of the first step

The longest leap

Or hardest fall,

As we imagined where

We could be-

If the dream could simply be

Brought into existence

By pure though

With no action,

No sweat or push

From our hands,

A journey we were afraid to enter,

Standing off to the side,

Wasting the daylight

Where dreams became reality-

In turn hiding selves

Shielding our ambitions from the sun

Stopping true growth

So that when the moon arose

And we slumbered beneath darkened sky,

Our ever rested mind

Would shuttle us to a place

Where the goals had been reached

And we held the trophy

For a split second

Before the morning’s call

And again we ached

To be someone else

With their work behind them

And the fruits of their labor

Securely at their fingertips.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist 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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