I am not what I once was.
Ambition has flited away as ash does from a dying fire.
Confidence no longer calls my heart home.
Haunted by the shade of my former self, I cannot deny that I miss the strength my body once bore.
I am sorry that all I have left to give is less than you deserve.
To the next generation,
I have dreamt of a future I will never see,
But one that you will live.
I’ve seen you reaching for our star,
Cupping it in your hardened hands,
Whispering to it a dream you’ve had,
A dream beyond even your reach.
I know not where we will end.
For that is hidden in our dreams,
And for those that come after us to find.
Were all of your words a lie? Or just the ones you said to get what you wanted?
-A Fool, Melancholy Pier Across the Emerald Sea.
I am happily lost without you. Maybe now, I can find myself.
-A Fool, Upon the Sands of Known Uncertainty.
If I could live in a dream, let it be a dream without you in it.
-A Fool, to a Dwelling Angel of the Deep.
Is it time for the dream to end?
Your once fierce embrace has grown brittle.
The forge in your heart has gone silent.
No longer does it churn sweet dreams.
Your playful lips, now somber, have turned hollow, just like your once glistening eyes.
No longer do the bellows of your bosom weave a lover’s melody.
No longer am I blanketed by your favor before the dawn.
No longer…
Alexander J Hernandez 