Make the Road by Walking ...

i hope in the coming months
i don't forget about the things
the people
the feelings that keep me going.
the moments lost in time
that may elude the trappings of my
inner-mind's memory in favor of
agency,
corporations,
criminal law and contractual obligations.

i hope i don't lose you.

i need all of the simple touches of freedom i can find.
each lap at her breast,
every inch of her shade.
i need to remain calmly vigilant -
aware of the change in things.
the change in me.

periodically i come back to this place
and reinvent myself
stroke by stroke.
but if somehow i lose my way
don't be surprised to see me
wandering, wearied,
following the moon back to the shore.