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ashes
they say
i am broken
the voices in my head at night
whispering the words left unspoken
i’m nothing but ashes from a fire
hoping, wish upon impossible hope
to restart again;
nothing more than
a shattered girl with a pen
broken pieces that no one could put together–
not even all the king’s horses and all the king’s men
but
sometimes
with you by my side
i feel drunk on a new high
i’ve abandoned all logic
letting fate lead me, blind
caught up in the magic
forgetting my world of ashes
dreaming
that
maybe together,
we can conquer lightning and set skies aflame
maybe together,
we can fly to touch the stars
and grasp universes to tame
maybe together,
we can burn brighter than the sun
and the stars who dared laugh
leaving the rest of the world at our feet
maybe together
we can restart, and hit delete
soaring, together,
in our own midnight symphonies
indulging our wildest
childhood fantasies
that people dared to call impossible
proving
that we are more than just the underdogs
possibilities rush, adrenaline pours
will you join me
in defying all odds?
it’s a cruel world
but
maybe together
we can be alive
unbreakable
invincible
and burn bright
within the ash
i close my eyes
hoping to never wake up
hoping to never remember
hoping you will finally be the one
to put me back together
b u t
then
reality kicks in,
like an unwanted slap in the face
and i’m snapped out of my reverie
snapped out of my dreams
snapped into the real world,
full of expectations and harsh truth
reality kicks in,
reminding me that i can never
be strong, like atlas
carrying the world on his shoulders
or invincible, like antaeus
drawing strength from mother earth itself
or normal, like the everyone else
building the friendships that can last
reality kicks in,
and you’re laughing with her
with your back to me
days crawling by in a blur
leaving me
hurting
denying
aching
c o l d, like ash
unable to accept
that you’re gone
because
maybe together,
we could’ve rewritten the rules for the galaxy
maybe together,
we could’ve turned our wildest dreams into reality
maybe together,
we could’ve been more than who they shape us to be
maybe together
we could’ve burned
brighter than the sun
because, unified,
our power would have stood far greater
than the endurance of one
reality kicks in,
heartache
ripping apart the seams
that we’ve built
trying to stamp down
the sparking remains
of my impossible dreams
that could’ve never come true
because it’s a cruel world
one that i’m not
enduring through
with you
reality kicks in
i’m alone
they still laugh
you dance on, with her
i’m ice cold, left with nothing left but
a memory of warmth,
a shattered happily-ever-after,
and
a pen
i b r e a k
over and over
ashes,
once again
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