I remember telling you once that I wanted to live near the ocean, a beachfront home.

You said you could never do it, that sharks scared you more than anything.

I picture space; put my hand in front of my face and pretend to trace the stars.

When You Long For A Place That No Longer Exists

Max Okhrimenko

There never seems to be enough of it.

Or what there is, is never enough.

I am either rushing or waiting.

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Spend all night packing a bag and fill my car up with gas.

When I talk about these places it comes out as a whisper, like a secret.

I remember telling you once that I wanted to live near the ocean, a beachfront home.

When You Long For A Place That No Longer Exists

Max Okhrimenko

You said you could never do it, that sharks scared you more than anything.

You would rather live deep in a forest.

I told you I was scared of bears, scared of the woods, scared of the dark.

I wonder when it changed.

I wonder when anywhere started sounding better than here.