Prompt: Direction
Source: the.lemonaide (Instagram)
References made to F Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and the soliloquy in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”
Stretch your arm towards that green light,
march your legs a little closer,
feel the spray of a sea of troubles against your skin,
puff your chest and fight to live.
Take up arms, practice your tongue,
wear your heart on your sleeve,
and when you behold that green light in your palms,
whisper lovingly and learn to cherish it
till it’s no longer atop a lofty mountain
or across the dock at last,
but in the twinkle of your eyes
and you’ll no longer be doomed
to be borne back ceaselessly into the past.
