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