Just a moment...

Dreams trickle down the slippery slope....
streams turn to rivers as they leave my face...
drowned in the happiness of others to help cope...
life can choke the strong with reality as the rope...

i'm optimistic...
i hope you didn't miss it...
my mind rewinds back to the simple times..
before writing on lines or coloring inside the lines...
imaginary...
visionary...

the scattered steps of missionary...
kicked off the path to redemption...
very scary the mares of the mind..
trapped in the snares between dreams and reality....
peel away the innocence...
the same sun that nourishes some, burns to the core of others...

I emerge unscathed, though..