how can we measure
what we want
but will never have
and how can we be certain of dreams
with endings we haven’t seen
and meanings they’ll never mean
in all our longing
do we forsake the place
that kept us safe
in exchange for mortality
with all that responsibility
and endless uncertainty
learn all we can learn
but light the parchment
to let it burn
before the oxygen consumes
nowhere to turn
i never promised more than i could keep
and we took a pretty mighty leap
but if the nights weren’t worth the days
well there are ways
so many ways
in all your longing
will you forsake the place
that kept you safe
in exchange for mortality
with all that responsibility
and endless uncertainty
did you forget what i was
from the moment you met me?
—
“i bet you feel…”
by JTW
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