You know how it haunts you,
hunts you in the fog
- a mere shadow of the past.
You move onwards to the great unknown,
yet it never slips your mind
- the things you thought would last.
An eternity in the dark.
You know how to visit the "before"
and how you never thought you'd have "more"
- never being good enough.
You struggled to survive,
pretending, an endless lie
- until you were about to break.
A future you decided to take.
You know how to fight,
never loosing sight of that light
- even as the shadow is watching.
You followed the path wherever it lead,
knowing the feelings you carried weren't to dread,
- this time you would not fail.
The journey of your life.
You know what it's like,
at the end of that life's hike
- even with the mere shadow close behind.
You reached the goal and survived,
at heart you're still the same
- here's the place where you will grow.
You who never wanted to grow up,
- see what happened when a dream came true.
Now keep living it,
as you never lived until now.
You still have long to go,
never will you give up.
That distant dream is within your reach.
Inspiration: "Here's to never growing up" by Avril Lavigne
Maeko and poem belongs to me, Vaz ©