we took the long way round
when you took my hand and said "it's
just a little bit
just a little bit further."
and in promising,
will we get there soon?

i peek with the tiny,
tiny circles inside of my head
that see and know, navigate
through the sparkle and shine in them.

see trees, climbing higher
and higher and higher to the skies
with branches reaching out to hold
me, cradle me under the stars
do these trees know the long way round?

they see colors, deep, rich -
glorious.
colors that are visible
but words can't capture
colors that
steal breaths away from chests.

"don't be scared of anything,"
you say, and i want
i want to believe it.

but the night stars - sometimes
not bright enough to shine
comfort on me.
and the trees, they whisper
sometimes to me
too faint to hear their secrets
but loud enough to worry.

the reds and blues
greens, yellows have put on
masks of black
and i
can't make out faces
only shapes.
it is dark and i am

holding your fingers tighter still,
holding your words
waiting
for just a little bit
just a litte bit further.