Dreams (Poem)

I dream of a world,
Where anything is possible.
If such a reality existed,
I could be a superhero girl.

I’d set out to capture a rainbow
And place it in a glass box
For the world to see and admire
Under secured key and lock

I’d pluck down the countless stars
Twinkling brightly in the pitch black skies
Perhaps one of them would grant me
Something precious that money can’t buy.

I’d cast the silver moon
Into a magical seeing orb
It could tell me the future,
It could tell me why,
People are flooding the world
With their endless tears and sighs.

I’d paint the sky one day,
With wild and glorious hues
In all the colours you’ve never seen
Like shocking violet, neon pink and even lime green.

But the world is not mine to control,
And it never will be.

Still, if I could touch,
Just a single heart,
If I could love and be loved,
I think I’d be the happiest person,
This world has ever seen.

Words (Poem)

Words,
Fill my brain to the brim.
Buzzing, speaking, echo-ing,
No one understands what I mean.

There are thoughts that I can't
Translate from mind to paper.
The words are too jumbled up,
So I hide them somewhere safer.

I separate them carefully
Into two different parts
Of the things that should be said,
And those that should never be.

Sleep (Poem)

Sleep.
That's all I ever want to do these days.
To escape into my dreams.
To hide from this nightmare called reality.

But, no.
I'm still alive.

So I find a job.
And chain myself down
To others' expectations,
And what they want me to be.

The monotony of going to the office and coming back home.
The monotony of typing words on the keyboard.
The monotony of doing the exact same thing.

Over, over and over again.

It helps.
Just a little.
I think?

I need to stay awake.
I need to stay alive.
For once I sleep,
I'll never want to wake up again.

Yet, my eyelids are faltering,
Weighed down heavily by
Something that has nothing
Connected to fatigue.

My dreams are luring me closer to the edge
Seducing me with their promises
Of a world parallel to this.

Perhaps I do not belong here,
In this reality.