Above The Horizon Poem by Edith Niemeyer

[Verse 1]

I have walked
far enough
to know

every ending
does not end.

Some roads narrow.
Some disappear.

Some simply rise
where I cannot yet see.

Behind me—

lessons.

Within me—

strength.

Ahead—

more sky.

[Pre-Chorus]

I thought
the horizon
was a boundary.

Something distant
I was meant
to reach.

But every step
I took toward it

moved it
further still.

[Chorus]

Above the horizon—

No wall.

No doorway.

No final line.

Just more sky.

Higher.
Wider.
Deeper.

Still more.

Above the horizon—

there is no ending
waiting for me.

Only somewhere
I have not yet been.

[Verse 2]

Some paths
lead higher.

Some turn
without warning.

Some circle mountains
we never knew
were there.

I carry
what came before—

but I do not
have to live there.

Behind—

lessons.

Ahead—

more sky.

[Pre-Chorus]

Perhaps
I was never meant
to arrive.

Perhaps the horizon
was never
a destination.

Maybe it was only
showing me

there is always
something

further still.

[Chorus]

Above the horizon—

No wall.

No doorway.

No final line.

Just more sky.

Higher.
Wider.
Deeper.

Still more.

Above the horizon—

there is no ending
waiting for me.

Only somewhere
I have not yet been.

[Bridge]

And there—

the thought changes.

I kept looking
for the place
where the journey ends.

But the horizon
kept moving

because maybe

I was supposed
to keep moving too.

[Final Chorus]

Above the horizon—

No wall.

No doorway.

No final line.

Just more sky.

More road.

More wonder.

More becoming.

Further still ahead.

[Outro]

I thought
I was searching
for the end.

Instead—

I found

more sky.