Separation

Today I walked away

Alone

But stronger than any pair.

 I met myself

at the corner of midnight

then walked until I found the sun.

I patiently walked,

though I wanted to run.

Today I divorced fear,

 packed my courage,

folded my prayers

 and tucked them in a suitcase.

I took my framed dreams

off of the surrounding walls

 then rested them securely

among the cushions of love 

and all things that will not be rejected

by the laws of time travel.

Today I walked away.

Tomorrow I will fly.

I’ll  blow a goodbye kiss

from the chainless sky

to all of the doubts

that I left so far behind,

shackled in my former prison
so they will never follow me.