Stars of Freedom

In the Night (2/24/23)

In the night

We are the closest to our dreams

As the darkness deems us part

Our visions greet the sky

As we are the closest to the stars

Where we belong

In the night

I ignite the fires

By rushing waters that flowed

Then

But that was then

And this is now

And the rush is what it once

When it all began

In the night

I dream

Left to wonder what it means

How are these dreams mine

If I do not know what they mean?

What are they to me

If I am everything to them?

Why are they nothingness

For my reality?

Uninvited vows

Reunite with this thread

Those days were golden

I was a pretty polaroid

Those days are on my wall

I refuse to forget

Though I wish I could

Memory captured damn near perfect

In frame

Wandering the town

Distant lover on my mind

Sweetness of taste is bittersweet

What I imagine of her

A sweet song

Surrounding flames derived creek fire's

I can still see everything

This embrace engulfs me

Considering it never left

Was my face to be remembered

If I would rather just forget?

I often think about

How the past has been

How different things could be

Recent history is history

Last night

If things were different

I wouldn't be me

Once again

Every word spoken

Every polaroid captured

Every memory on the wall

Haunts me

I wish it were true

I have come so far

So I must remember

The way the creek flows

And flames rise

This water divides us

Flows right between

What we had

And what remains

Maybe I am bound

By another destiny

I remember the old days

If I forget

I vow to later remember

Flames rose, flames rise

They'll continue to rise, too

Creek water flowed, creek water flows

They'll continue to flow, too

I lived, I live

And I'll continue to live

My cherishable thread

I long for

Forevermore

Forgetting is hard when

Those golden days

Come back

In the Night.