Avatars Alone amidst a nightscape drawn, as stars map out our dreams Forbidden constellations form, through daylight's shroud, unseen Charts our hearts still follow, blind, from memory, we go Navigated shallows wind, to plumb the depths below Dreams we try to catch before they're buried in the black Stars we shine so brightly for ... stars that don't shine back Bodies layed out heavenly, loose orbits, out of grasp Breaths lag lost, unsteadily, building to a gasp Up there high, so out of reach, out in their own space Earthbound, mute devoid of speech, the fallen know their place In echo chambers broken, loud, the wake of absent lights, and silent prayers unspoken, proud, a vacuum of spent nights Nights spent lost 'neath ink drenched skies, just waiting for that star, to shine on down, to hear our cries, ... a kindred wraith afar An avatar, she sleeps on high, veiled by the blue Behind a blank obscured sky, majestic, bright and true Playing out between the seams, 'tween dusk and dawn, we've been We try to keep hold of our dreams, to reap the things we've seen ... to keep hold of the things we missed, ignored the first time round, Glitter, sand, slips fast through fists, the Sandman's left unfound Fantasies such daylight deems, too rich for where we're born In time, we keep the grains of dreams, stored far beyond lost dawns Nights beneath cold canvas, taut by day, a sun's rays blazed Between them lies the answers sought, to questions darkness raised Queries bathed in starlight's folds, dreams mapped out on dark skies Joining points that burn bright, bold, truths drawn from armour's lies Sometimes, things aren't what they seem, sometimes... come what may Some stars that blaze so bright in dreams, don't shine too bright by day But some things loved are never lost, some souls will be retained Kindred, half felt, at a cost, and hearts will beat in vain They linger on a nightscape, drawn, they loiter in the black We long to leave them there with dawn, never looking back Still memories, they linger, warm, nestled with regret ... but stars forged in exotic forms, aren't easy to forget |