The shine of a star, twinkling solemnly and alone
Light years beyond in cold, empty space
Fusing hydrogen until nothing is left
In a dead, listless void
The heat is futile and short lived
Warming particles slowly around
Out of their frozen hold

Situations in my head, read cover to cover
Over and over again
It never ends and it becomes stressful
To an extent where your face is the last thing I look for at night
Hoping to pass it into Dreamland
Where the first person I meet is you
Manifested, but nevertheless real enough for me

You never come, and a scarce few times do I take control of my dreams
My mind simply wants to play
And I’m not invited to any of those neurological games

Outcast and outlived
Like the star whose last gas is carbon
Until it can no longer fuse
But I’m not the one who’s so far away
I never wanted to be here, but the issue is passed
And I don’t remember why I came
My dream won’t let me free, won’t let me out
And I cannot find peace even in my head
Like the empty star whose heart is so hot
It burns all that surrounds it

North star of desire
Crested in the cold centuries colliding
And I never wanted to be here
Demons dancing, pursuing me through the woods
With decapitated snakes in tooth and claw
Cast away on a voyage to the edge of the Earth
To the edge of the universe
To the farthest corners of infinity
And the broadest reaches of affinity

Increasing susceptibility to perspective
But the lesson to be learned
Is that life hates independence
And we cannot deal with anything less