DISTANCE

When I ran away

at eight

I didn't know

but I suspected

that someone was following me.

It was you.

You knew

and you stayed with me

discreetly

until you knew

I was circling back

salmon-spawned.

Even as I fled

you sped to save me

protect me

keep me.

So now

twenty years later

as I rush off again

to find my destiny

alone

I do not turn around

because of what I hope

and what I fear

might be there.

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