Canyon Poem by Maya Hanson

sirens can't see us here
our legs our lives
dangling off the canyon rim

we sit here at the summit
not knowing where the bruises will bloom when we skydive…
must have left my parachute in your arms for safekeeping
we sit here at the summit
not knowing what colors the pain will paint us this time

we sing from the same song but once it's over
we have nowhere to run
we get lost in the aftermath
it's a maze with no beginning

it is not your jokes that make me laugh
but the way they pound my head
even when you're not here

it is not your tears that make me cry
but the whisper of their memory

this love has never crashed with no comeback
or longed to be something else
this love has never roared
or broken on us like a wave

this love sings like a canyon
and we don't fall until the beat comes back
this love sings like a canyon
and it's the echo that drives us mad