Huntington

We set off to renew our promises

And catalogue new memories

The surreal landscape welcomed us

So that we could explore its mysteries

Dappled sunlight bathed us

And morning dew reflected all prism

I blinked and recorded all I could

While you led me through and through

Pointing out marvels many

We lost ourselves in the blinding labyrinth

And eavesdropped on scholarly converse

After, we escaped to reality

For sustenance physical and social

And imagined our possible empire

We came back and the world had changed

Crowded heat and heavy air

We rushed to discover hidden zen

And I gathered a pixilated bouquet for you

Fluffy pastel cloudy blooms all eager to fall

Carpeting the trail, crushed underfoot

We went as far as we could

Until the gathered shade was spent

And we shuffled our heavy feet home