His heart dug beneath the earth.

Weighed by shackles of bare bones and undertones

Every step hurried

It’s beautiful unkept depth

Until his path had crossed another’s

Her heart dug beneath the earth

Weighed by shackles of scarlet cries and unmarked eyes

Every step hurried

It’s beautiful unkept depth

Until her path had crossed another’s

Their eyes glared at the glimmer key named

“Hope”

To which, the other was given

“Keep walking.” They were told

By a voice so profound and bold

They held their key to one another’s

A match with a name unheard before

Such a name read as

“Freedom”

As they raced to place A key

To the shackles of another

Each inhaling a newness

Within each breathe they’ve so longed to hear

A second caught their gaze

A deeply formed breath in synchrony

This key, they thought, is so different

How could it hold my heart’s time?

A moment

A name

Such a key… Like mine