We leave our worries at home
And decide instead, to go for a drive.
Anticipation traded for doubts
As the sun shines high in the valley
Up winding roads and dirt potholes
We race between dried bushes and trees
Tears exchanged for laughter, wonder
You lift me up and let me breathe.
We remember why
we love each other, instantly.
The smoke clears and the sun settles
To make its bed behind the hills
And we breathe in
the colors of beauty, found.
A few others pass by, but the city is silent
From each path we wander up
Dried flowers waver in the wind
And from the rocks
Weighs in perspective
That what we need is
Not to escape, but to settle in.