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I used to think that what never goes up never has to come down, that if I kept my head out of the clouds I would never have to hit the ground, but I must have made one too many dandelion wishes, because suddenly I’m so high in the atmosphere that I can barely breathe. Now I can see that my dreams built me a staircase, I’m just too scared to keep following them because what if it breaks? I can’t fly, I lost my super hero cape, It got ripped apart when I had to start saving my everyday Still I can’t just stay here in this in-between Maybe I can’t fly, but I can still fall, like everyone does, and there isn’t any point trying to save me, Just listen to the screams of my heartbeat It says that I want to be free and I will hit the ground running even if it breaks my knees because being grounded doesn’t mean giving up It just means I want to walk on something that I can trust
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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 3:01 PM UTC
The In-Between
I used to think that what never goes up never has to come down, that if I kept my head out of the clouds I would never have to hit the ground, but I must have made one too many dandelion wishes, because suddenly I’m so high in the atmosphere that I can barely breathe. Now I can see that my dreams built me a staircase, I’m just too scared to keep following them because what if it breaks? I can’t fly, I lost my super hero cape, It got ripped apart when I had to start saving my everyday Still I can’t just stay here in this in-between Maybe I can’t fly, but I can still fall, like everyone does, and there isn’t any point trying to save me, Just listen to the screams of my heartbeat It says that I want to be free and I will hit the ground running even if it breaks my knees because being grounded doesn’t mean giving up It just means I want to walk on something that I can trust
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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 3:01 PM UTC
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