2/12

4 years ago at the settlement table, I wanted to say: Let's take the money

And run, please, uneasy, uneasy from the start of this, apprehensive

For you, for us.

Misgivings hovered in the shadows of my mind of this move, of going.

Uncertain, anxious for dangers unseen, for troubling auras.

But not for us, not for you.

How unsightful, how foolish I was not to heed.