I long to escape into the night,
To take refuge in the dark that has always kept my secrets,
I never fail to miss it,
One day, I shall leave and never return.
I would like to rewrite myself into a dream,
Into a song,
To reside between the highs and lows of a slow melody,
A fleeting memory,
A thing of ephemeral existence and a sweet aftertaste.
I would like to change my name,
To vanish into some place unknown,
To wash away my anguish and call it my home,
To live among strangers,
To make of those strangers empty canvases I can paint myself on—
My better self.
I wish to dissolve into the stars,
To drift into the stillness of space,
Where the absence of noise silences my thoughts,
So I might have time to decide my fate,
For all I have ever sought is peace,
I will go where I can find it.
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