everyone around me shines brighter
bigger,more ambitious than me
their dreams are infinite;
they form a giant
shimmering
cloud of hope
our fallen brethren say,
"It's too far away!
You'll never reach your destiny
before you burn out."
still they disregard all the warnings,
their unfiltered confidence blinding
photons racing through time,
straining upward toward someplace better,brighter
reaching toward a dream too high
burning bright until nothing's left
burnt up in the atmosphere
of someplace better than here
wanting a ground beneath their feet
wanting some love to hold them up
wanting somewhere to belong
long after everything burns to ashes
and everyone heads home
I'll still be trapped in this vortex of
depression
waiting for a loophole out.