We Are More Than Dreams

Yearning for the impossible, but trapped in the empty ache of longing. I travel through islands, seeking cheap thrills. I walk through deserted streets calling out your name. Where are you? There's an hour of daylight left, and the sad realisation that I'm running out of time is sinking in. How can I save you? Your reflection in the water is helpless. Blue and idle. Unwilling to move. Just like a child at birth I need someone to hold onto. The fear is taking over me. The clouds are covering my sky. I am trying not to lose sight of hope because I know I am worth more, I am capable of succeeding. I am capable of flying through skies but my wings are broken. Everyday is another struggle, another tussle with my addictions. I awake to the sound of birds, to the sound of ocean waves. I see the ghosts of ruminating shadows wandering aimlessly. In place like a purple bruise, locked in the jaws of time unfolding. My smile is gone. I no longer smile, not because I don't want to, but because I have no reason to beam with happiness. The sky is getting dark, but I know we are more than dreams. Breathe life back into me. Save me from the dark waters before it's too late. Break my fall from grace. Take the mucous from the throat and tell me about your day at the beach. How did the sun feel on your skin? I want to know. My shoulders are tender from the mountains of work. I never did get the love I asked for, the kind of drunk love that drives you mad. So I live in my dreams, but there's more to me than dreams. I shine brighter than a diamond solitaire, brighter than the rebirth of the phoenix. It's a shame you can't see everything I do is for you. I want you to be happy. I don't want to argue with you anymore. I can't take it, the incessant mind games. Nothing really matters anyway. We will all be dust. By then my words will be set in stone. When I'm gone I want you to know my love for you will never die, even when time washes away with the petrichor.