Rockaway - Joshua Lee Turner

I learned my limit in the back of a Camry from Rockaway

She had salt in her hair and blood on her feet that day

Left a trail that I followed down the shore before the foam wiped away

Cauterized in sand and tugging at my hand through the patchwork

Ooh, like runaways from workaday to Rockaway

With a cool breath to greet you the sun runs espionage

As beige geometry cedes to fields of decoupage

From a bag in a box in a bag to a bottle my mind wiped away

Darkness in reverse — with me at my worst, she held me

Ooh, like runaways from railways to Rockaway

I learned my limit in the back of a Camry I don’t recall

At the time I’d have cited some red-headed reason

Was it just to feel, or not to feel at all I was leaving?

Ooh, like runaways from blue and gray to Rockaway