The end of my tether, ardent to outstrip you,
New place, new faces, starting anew.
You’re behind me now, I can’t see you.
You’re here, but I’m gone, I’ll catch up soon,
Gurgling new life, alive now, renewed.
Monotony spirals me back to that place,
Fumbling over the same mistakes.
New place, new faces, same writhing heartbreaks.
Older now, flung out of my youth,
You’re still here, but I’m gone, finding my truth.
Evoking nostalgia I no longer evade.
You’re there, and I’m here, no longer afraid.
We’re together now, old but new.
I closed my eyes, and now I see you.
New places, old faces, there’s magic in the rearview.
Tahnee Jade, thirty-seven years old, was born in South Africa and moved to New York City when she was nineteen. She has found her calling in healing and acting, and currently owns a holistic healing Reiki business. Tahnee Jade desires to gain her GED in order to go to massage therapy school, and from there, expand her holistic healing expertise. Richard Ploetz is her teacher, as well as the program coordinator, at the Lehman College Adult Learning Center.