Dreaming

A dreamer, that’s what she was. 

Most people just float on, barely surviving the torrents that life throws their way. 

But she was a dreamer.

She lived for the love she read of in books.

She lived for the adventure she found in their pages.

She loved for the sake of never being loved in return. 

For she was a dreamer, and dreaming she was. 

A dreamer, that’s what she was. 

Most people just carry on, refusing to acknowledge the pain that chains them down.

But she was a dreamer.

She was trapped by her expectations.

She was trapped by her desires. 

She lived for a life she would never live. 

For she was a dreamer, and dreaming she was.

A dreamer, that’s what she was. 

Where as others awake when their dreaming is done,

She was trapped by her dream, violently torn,

Between wishing, waiting, wanting, watching…

In search of a life that could never be hers. 

For she was a dreamer, and dreaming she was. 

A dreamer, that’s what she was. 

But how long can she chase her dream,

Until it becomes a nightmare? 

Is she a dreamer stuck in the dreaming?

Or just an addict chasing the feeling? 

I was a dreamer…until life caught wind of my dreaming.