An Endless Cycle

By Amaya Esparza

I’m swimming across the ocean just trying to reach you,

and yet every time you’re within my grasp,

the current takes you afloat.

I desperately try to chase you on land,

but you continue to run away, 

choosing solitude over companionship.

For just a moment,

I’m provided sanction to enter your world,

and I explore as much of it as I can.

But, it happens again

where I have to swim across an ocean

and chase you on land just to enter the world of you.

It’s an endless cycle of cat and mouse, 

and I fear you’ll run and run 

until you reach the end of the world.

But you won’t stop there, will you?

You’ll jump off, and by the time I reach you,

I fear it’ll be too late.

By Amaya Esparza