Sunlight and Shadows


Running in Circles

Slamming up against the wall

Bouncing back just like a ball

Running fast from what’s inside

Just to hit the other side

I’m stuck in here, I can’t get out

Boxed in by my fear and doubt

Prison walls inside my head

Thoughts so deep they can’t be said

Afraid to let in any light

Lest my fragile dreams take flight

If I keep them locked away

They still could come somehow, some day

I just imagine what should be

And filter in reality

Float each hope up to the top

Knowing bubbles always pop

Round and round this track I go

Endless loops of high and low

Unless, until I find the key

To open up the door for me

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