Little Boys Dream

Once

I knew nothing of the world

So I picked up a little boys dream

And aspired to become an astronaut

8 years I trained

And wished that my dream

Would evolve into reality

And one day it did

Reality hit me like a bomb

For what I had gotten into,

Was 18 years in that spaceship

And in that time

My eyes witnessed things unimaginable

Supernovas, Black holes

And burning rocks falling to earth

My knowledge began to grow

And I was no longer young and ignorant

But my time in the light was almost over

It was time to go home

and there was still so much i didn't know

So I jumped out of my space ship

And learned the way of the stars

I danced on the rings of Saturn

And rode on comets until they evaporated away

The universe became my friend

So she gave me her biggest secret

It sat in my palm

And I feared it

But curiosity was always my downfall

So I peeked

The knowledge flooded me like a broken dam

I had everything

And yet I had nothing

Nothing to work for

Or gain

...

Now that I had everything

There was nothing to live for

So I didn't

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