on my way

Someone once told me

you are what you make

you live your life

a game of give and take

 but most wont give

with their lives at stake

I'm on my way

I'll see the light soon

in flight

I will see the moon

my journeys have ended

at least for now

it's time for a new quest

time to travel mentally

time for self respect

forward moving steadily

I'm on my way

I'll see the light soon

in flight

I will see the moon

taking a step back 

I really move forward

honing my skills

finding new honour

joking around

best medicine for it

the sadness and drama

in my life wont fit

I'm on my way

I see the light now

at home

I see my own crowd

no sleep for the dreamer

to dream as I do

sleepless nights

bring dreaming days

this insomnia

lack of reality

hoping its a phase

I sleep alone

but not in my head

worlds fill in the darkness

hiding behind my eyelids

the view is beautiful

oceans of silver

the ships have all sank

the officers are home

relieved of their rank

over and under 

the skies so vast

flight takes place

aboard this floating mast

the stars sparkle 

yet the daylight reigns

kindling the fires

hovering above

leaving smudge stains

incognito 

we go

to wonders

we could not have know

when I wake

when reality

 breaks this spell

I shall find refuge

a safety net

of no one I will tell

learning to fly

I close my eyes

thoughts with you

I fall asleep

remembering your touch

being apart

is beginning to be too much

darkness comes

it takes me in

on a journey 

I begin

green meadows 

eternal spring season

weeping willows

crying for no reason

clouds go by

some fast some slow

floating carelessly

through the wind

somehow they float

somehow they go

down the hill

a cottage sits

temptation to go

isn't easy to resist

I run 

fast as I can

wind catches my sleeves

it chills my hands

my legs feel weightless

my head is a cloud

my body a feather

a sensation begins

my heart glows strong

I lift off the ground

the view is majestic

the earth so far below

the most beautiful place

I will ever know

to go, to stay

will I go

will I stay

oh I wish

I knew the way

there's so much

I want to know

I'll give it all up 

give it all away

I just want you

I miss your smile

I miss your eyes

I miss the total 

lack of lies

I think of you

all the time

I watch

as your black balloon flies

it flutters and flurries

catching the wind

to go

to stay

black balloon

lead my way

her black balloon (the real version)

"I see someone
I see her well
I don’t know who she is
But she’s close as hell

I love her
I know it
But I’ve already
Blown it

She was mine
Now she’s gone
And I remember 
We had some fun

Not a day goes by
Where I don’t miss you
So I'll never let go
Of your black balloon"


its amazing what a small change in wording can do to an entire poem