THE MYTH

 

It was like the myth

we inhabited ended

when we got back to Austin.

Three months on the road,

then another two in Santa Fe.

Before that, all our time

together had been preparing

for the journey.

Then Austin again and

suddenly it was like

we no longer existed

for each other.

It wasn't love, you see,

that bound us.

It was the myth.

And the myth was the road.

 

Albert Huffstickler