Never Come To Be

You’re holding a spark you’ve already felt A shape in the wax that’s beginning to melt If you catch a small light, you’ll just dream of the sun But you’re chasing a race that you’ve already run You’re building a kingdom from dust on the floor Just a louder knock at a locked-away door A thousand echoes, then a billion more But you’re standing on the same familiar shore. You’re just stretching the lines that you’ve already drawn A slightly brighter version of a ghost-gray dawn If you only want more of the things you can name You’re just fanning the heat of a dying flame. So may your dreams never come to be May the vision fail so you can finally see For if they come true, you’re just trapped in a loop A bird in a cage, a soul in a scoop May the map dissolve, may the walls go thin Let the things you can’t imagine..in. An exaggeration of a life you’ve lived Demanding a gift that you’ve already gifted If it’s bigger or faster, it’s still just the same A polished-up piece of a tired old game You’re ensuring that nothing new ever arrives Lost in the static of a thousand past lives. Break the reflection. Stop the machine. Don't ask for the more that you've already seen. The blessing is the void. The gift is the space... Where the dream ends, and life takes its place. So may your dreams never come to be May the vision fail so you can finally see For if they come true, you’re just trapped in a loop A bird in a cage, a soul in a scoop May the map dissolve, may the walls go thin Let the things you can’t imagine..in. May what you never dreamed... Happen to you.