Skies and Sea

i raced through a thousand gardens picking out the weeds catching all the falling leaves making strides through grass and trees keeping going getting lost losing sleep i slept on a thousand mossy rocks waiting for you to come and race me to the end where the forest meets the road until you'd find me pulling ferns off their stems and then i'd pull at you. you crept through a thousand haunted faces in the crowd you watched them watching you while they were watching me i watched them too i listened for your eyes but it was too loud i found you under a thousand blazing stars staring me down straight to the gut crossing over from you to me, somewhere in between the skies and the sea you found me