Another night, another dream
Reaching out for something
that I’ve never really known
Empty-handed, something’s missing
Something strong and overwhelming
out there somewhere in the darkness
Something I can’t describe
And here I am, buried under fantasies
of what might have been
in another lifetime far away
So far beneath the light of day
the surface seems so lost
My mind made mountains out of naught
but tiny grains of sand that slip through fingers
and yet weigh heavy on my soul
Memories, illusions, ephemeral reminders
of what I thought could be but never was
that creep up every now and then
to grab me by the shoulders
and make certain that I can’t break frre
So here I sleep, alone again
shut tight sway from everything
Dreading what the night brings forth
to haunt my humbled, harried head
Pray I wake one morning
to the light, so safe, so true
that I might use to burn away
these shadows that still hold on