Why do we fall
Of all of the things we could do
We choose to allow something to race up
And ****** us away from our dreams,
Into reality
A reality that is hard and painful
Crashing around you
Sneaking up upon you
As floors do when you trip upon them
Why is it that when we chase our dreams
We must be shocked back into harsh reality
Reality jumping at us
Attacking
Pouncing
Demanding to be heard
When reality is upon us,
Why don't we run
Race back to our dreams
Fight for them as Alice fought the Jabberwocky
With dreams and trust and impossible things
Yet we see the reality,
A simple flaw
A crack
And we fall back to earth like stars from the sky.
We begin to give in,
To defer our dreams
We've fallen so many times before
and what for?
Voices fill your head,
Give up
Give in
You were never going to win
What can you do
Just let go
What has dreaming ever done for you?
The are so convincing in our shattered state
We begin to listen to them
And darkness beings to consume us
But once it does,
Someone appears,
A dreamer,
A friend,
Us,
Or
Someone like us.
To remind us that dreams aren't in vain,
To tell us to look up,
The light is breaking throough
A friend
Someone to pull us out of the dark
Show us how to dream again.
Why do we fall?
Perhaps there is a reason after all...
We fall...
So that we can learn to pick ourselves up
And so we can learn to trust in others,
When we no longer have the strength to do so.
Nov 8, 2013
Nov 8, 2013 at 5:13 PM UTC
Why do we fall
Of all of the things we could do
We choose to allow something to race up
And ****** us away from our dreams,
Into reality
A reality that is hard and painful
Crashing around you
Sneaking up upon you
As floors do when you trip upon them
Why is it that when we chase our dreams
We must be shocked back into harsh reality
Reality jumping at us
Attacking
Pouncing
Demanding to be heard
When reality is upon us,
Why don't we run
Race back to our dreams
Fight for them as Alice fought the Jabberwocky
With dreams and trust and impossible things
Yet we see the reality,
A simple flaw
A crack
And we fall back to earth like stars from the sky.
We begin to give in,
To defer our dreams
We've fallen so many times before
and what for?
Voices fill your head,
Give up
Give in
You were never going to win
What can you do
Just let go
What has dreaming ever done for you?
The are so convincing in our shattered state
We begin to listen to them
And darkness beings to consume us
But once it does,
Someone appears,
A dreamer,
A friend,
Us,
Or
Someone like us.
To remind us that dreams aren't in vain,
To tell us to look up,
The light is breaking throough
A friend
Someone to pull us out of the dark
Show us how to dream again.
Why do we fall?
Perhaps there is a reason after all...
We fall...
So that we can learn to pick ourselves up
And so we can learn to trust in others,
When we no longer have the strength to do so.
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