alaska

As you pass the border I push you out

Were those days in the woods drinking cheap wine too dangerous?

You follow me as a shadow with huge arms

To catch me if I fall and carry me home, safe and sound

The first time I had my own conception of home

It had your face, but I'm too scared by the concept to get too close

And I wanted to be big

As Alaska I used to see on the map as a kid

Strong like the waves crashing to the shore

Coming back together

To make the ocean never leave