Up (Touch the Moon)

Up,
  past the streets and the sidewalks,
  away from the people and the cars,
Up,
  past the people and the cars,
  away from the faces and the noise,
Up,
  past the faces and the noise,
  away from the guilt and the fear,
Up.
  to the cliffs.
    to the top.
      to the highest place.

Reach out,
    Feel the rain,
    Caress the wind,
    Touch the moon . . .

Then down,
  past the cliffs,
    the people and the cars.
Away,
  from the faces,
    the guilt and the fear.
  Because
    When you love something
        So much that you know
            You can't live without it,
                What can you do . . .
                    but die?

-Miostiek, 3/7/95