Knowing it's real
Hurts all the more
But I figure it's trying to win
So I give up, close that fateful door

I truly hate the chances
Being in this life
Feeling like I do
Noticing you notice me
The stare, the gaze is penetrating
but ending so soon as it began

If I go crazy will you catch me?
I don't know, it's over, I guess
I can't breathe, can't open my eyes anymore
The life I knew before I cannot see

What is change? What is a title?
You gave it to me
You express the free verse so fluidly
Scared
But not done for
Not crying but on the brink

String of consciousness, thoughts dispersed
you with your experience
Sacred
Not living for others but oneself
Listening to this, curing life, starting to live
But you with your words, your haunting tone
Jealously
Assurance
Wisdom
I still believe in a better world

I'm ok, as ok as I'll ever be
while everyone else sings
I still pine
Hard, the dream of fantasy for tomorrow
Only in fiction is there no sorrow
But ones we make
for our sake

Cries of youth and maturity, nothing new
I hear them, so do you
But they are useless in this world
Respect, to be revered
To be noticed for you
To matter, but it only matters to what's true

The fool wouldn't question
The ignorant would not take their own map
but another's, living through their happiness
But do you know yours?

Echo, echo, paging the heavens because they have the answers
Earth can't be hell, alas there is more
Look, those bright flowers, they grow, your laugh, it's beautiful
Never giving up but knowing my place
Only I can hold my grace
The peace of mind, gripping
for me to comprehend
For me to cherish, like the heart
Bruised and battered
To dream of life lived alone or with another
The mirror defines the true nature
Seek, accept, live
The purpose is no secret

-Audrey