DREAMS
If dreams were really real
I would soar
Above the clouds
Reach for the moon
And fall down back down into fairyland
If dreams were really real
You wouldn’t see me
I’d be invisible
Taking a peek
At the secrets
Of the world
If dreams were really real
The sky would be at my command
The moon and the stars would dance
For me
Only me
If dreams were really real
I’d be the only one to hear
The winds rustle though
The trees
Telling their unheard secrets
If dreams were really real
People wouldn’t laugh
At the sight of me
And the world
Would be my plaything
Newborn
So softly now
I hear it beating
So gently now
I touch its skin
Like a fleece comforter it feels
Smells like baby powder
I stare in wonder
At the baby in my arms
The newborn sister I had acquired
Feeling the jealousy and envy melt away
As I realize all of that was pointless
Nothing mattered
When I held her
So softly now
Silence
The silence is killing me
Literally and figuratively
No food in the fridge
I’m shoplifting again
The lights are turned of
Where am I to go
Nobody is home
Where is the help
When I got a little bro
Who still wets and whines
Trapped in this never-ending void
Of secrets and lies
Trying so desperately
To get away
From the silence