On the way

With still-pulsing memories

Through the airport terminal

To the window seat

The long vault through the clouds

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To a crushing embrace

A warm heart and full stomach,

To the weight of words carried

Low and late into the night

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On the way

Overrun

With shared limericks and fables

Swaying drunk at sunrise

Laughing back at ourselves

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Miles into our dream

Never conquered by time

Racing past here and now

Far away and forgotten