Give Up

Looking for a new place to hide

Photo by Ruan Richard Rodrigues on Unsplash

You want a grand accumulation of meaning. You don’t want to have to give anything up.

You want the firelight to offer up the final word written in sparks. Make it real. But you had to give up reading the waves. Water and flame don’t mix. What else are you willing to lose? Long after sunset, long after the dance has ended and the energy suckers have gone to catch their…