It\u2019s Getting Closer
\nby
\nRadiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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\nIt wasn\u2019t the wind.
\nHand me the lantern.
\nSomething\u2019s out there.
\nPull the curtains aside just a little.
\nDo you see that?
\nIt\u2019s just standing there in the storm.
\nIt looks like it has wings.
\nI want to say I\u2019m sorry.
\nI want to ask your forgiveness.
\nYou taught me there are no forbidden thoughts.
\nYou taught me to buy lemonade
\nfrom every lemonade stand.
\nYou taught me to pick up the worms
\nthat wandered onto the sidewalk
\nand to put them back in the grass.
\nAnd what have I done for you?
\nComplained, hidden, complained some more.
\nIf I taught you anything, it was to never give up.
\nWhich, come to think of it, you taught me.
\nHere—you take the lantern–
\nyou\u2019ve always held the lantern.
\nIt\u2019s getting closer.
\nI didn\u2019t expect it to be so magnificent, so majestic.
\nWhy is it staring at you?
\nIt seems to know you.
\nWhy are you moving to the door?
\nWhy are you opening the door?
\nWhere did the storm go?
\nWhy is the sun out at midnight?
\nWhy are you looking at me like that?
\nWhy are you smiling?
\nWhy do you want me to take your hand?
\nWhere are we going?
\nWhy<\/em> are we going?
\nWhat\u2019s happening?
\nWait. Have you always had wings?
\nI have so many questions.
\nWhy are you bringing your finger to your lips?
\nHow is it we are suddenly three?
\nHow is it the ground is falling away?
\nHow is there a city in the sky?
\nHave you always had the moon and the stars
\nin your hair? Yes–I\u2019ll be quiet now.<\/p>\n