When you have that piece
that you thought you were missing,
and when you get that part
you were dying to playβ¦
When you reach the place
where life just seems easy,
and get listed on charts
with the sun and its raysβ¦
When you complete the set,
down to every last card,
when you reach the peak,
no matter with whom or whatβ¦
When you have forgotten
why you first set off,
when the air is so thin
you canβt sing, just cough.
When you suddenly feel lonely
surrounded by heights,
higher than highest
(short were your sights).
When you have noone to share the blankets of nights,
under the twinkling dancers of light,
then you will know: itβs your own hand that bites,
we are not always the best at choosing our fights.
Itβs important to stretch but also to fold:
if you are all for sale, which part will you hold?
Of all of the things we are frequently told,
are your dreams yours or is it the pack that they sold?
A mold so old it stains you with moldβ¦
Would you change your moles for moldings of gold?
Mowing the jungle until thereβs nothing but lawn,
brushing your voice until itβs only a yawnβ¦
And gone!
Gone be the things, the people, the livesβ¦
The juiciest of fruits no juicier than chives!
The rings and the bones, heavy as stones!
The silver cast spoons and the fragile spiked thrones.
All of the honey drained dry from the hives,
Your silky bed threads replaced by sharp knives.
And that might seem gloomy,
a bottomless pit,
yet itβs more like a hallway of networks that split.
A gentle reminder youβll suddenly find:
every branch branches in time.
Part made by chaos, part by design,
I hope one day youβll say: this tree sure was mine.