🔵 By Thomas Riffenburg. Photo by lauragrafie.
I feel trapped within my mind,
forced into what I wish I could leave behind,
I stare ahead at green pastures and fields,
by my heart is turned back, not welcome here,
I cry a silent tear for my pain and lonely,
in my world there’s no sympathy, even from my homie,
I robbed a store cause I was hungry,
now I’m a disease, don’t touch me,
I look up and yearn to know why,
but it seems even by God I’m despised,
man, I wish I could be something more,
not rich or famous, just have a life I adore,
I would love to teach people the truth of life,
don’t be like me and live life in the shadow on the side,
soar high and grab a hand full of wonder,
there’s no end to what can be achieved if you be yourself and not wish to be another,
all life is precious and beautiful in its way,
forget about tomorrow,
can’t you see this beautiful day,
sing out loud the words of your own song,
tell yourself that right where you are is where you belong,
but it’s not forever you’ll be there,
you’ll go higher and higher simply cause you dare,
straight to the top, oh what a sight,
your inner power is a wonderful might,
that is what I wish I could teach another,
I tool around and see millions of sisters and brothers,
each with potential to be more than me,
the shadow of life is cold, but my misery doesn’t want company,
I just want what I can’t have here,
my life has no years,
just one long moment,
each day blended to another and still I’m broken,
I sit on the side and watch life pass by,
may see another, but they’ll never meet my eye,
seems I’m destined for this fate,
it’s something not even my heart can escape,
dreams,
what silly dreams,
they don’t belong to a person like me.