The Dreamer’s Fate by Paige Burnett

The Dreamer's Fate

by Paige Burnett

Curse me among the dreamers.

Burn their mark onto my chest,

Bind me up in their calamity

For I do not fear their fate.

You try to beguile me with safety

In a world that is never safe.

You guarantee me contentment

In an ever restless state.

I will not be lured to mediocrity,

but be bold in this insanity.

I will not hold back possibility

In a suffocating crate.

I was not meant to simply survive,

But for more. I was born to thrive,

To challenge, to inspire, to dare,

To wish, to scheme, and create.

I will walk the paths of deep despair,

That no heart knows but those who care

To conquer dragons that will, each day,

Haunt the path and close the gate.

You can have food and still be starved.

There’s more in life than what you are.

It is the plight of the wearied mind

To be fed with more than what you ate.

You assume that I may never fly,

But I never will if I don’t try,

So give me wings to attempt it

Without doubt’s crushing weight.

I know the risk, I’ll take the fall

To say that I tried to stand at all.

And if I rise, you will sing to me

How my journey was so great.

Sink or swim, win or lose,

This is the journey that I will choose,

For such is living, to fight each day.

This life is short, why do you wait?

Condemn me, then, to touching stars.

Riddle me with every battle scar,

For I will walk among the titans.

That is the dreamer’s fate.