We watch with disenchanted eyes As the future comes to pass us by What once brought joy Is revealed as lies And brings to light The turmoil inside We stagnate in our hollow lives Lost from us are the enthusiastic drives A dark cloud to eclipse the sun Our childhood illusions Have come undone A restless soul in human guise Dreams of freedom slowly die With heavy hearts and severed ties We see a future with blackened skies And in the dark we see A life lead in melancholy We travel the world as ghosts Untouched like waves on the coast We glimpse the night Through jaded eyes And a world brought to fright As we fall asleep to silent cries
The inspiration for this piece struck when I thought to myself that all my dreams of travel may never happen and I got to thinking of everything I wanted to do when I was in high school and how quickly you can become disenchanted by the reality of the world. This piece is an original work by me. Inspired by my heart