My reflection

is lingering in the mirror

I’m gonna’ hold it up

to see my days

Far behind me

every step I’ve taken

Footprints along a path

of memories

Tell me now

a story of

those days when I was

just a little baby in this life

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you want a secret smile)

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you long to dream of this world)

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you need to be further away...)

Chasing after

this unpredictable future

Now I’m falling

way behind

Slow me down

I’m never gonna’

catch my breath

upon a summer breeze

This reminds me

of my room

All the lights are shining

but I’m trying to look out

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you want a secret smile)

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you long to dream of this world)

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you need to be further away...)

                Life is a circle

                We’re spinning around again

                All I want now

                is the next land

                The sliver lining

                We get another go

                but it may be the last time here

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you want a secret smile)

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you long to dream of this world)

        You gotta’ close your eyes

        (when you need to be further away...)

© Jamie Chura
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