linger

did you know that when your heart beats, it reminds you you're alive
but did you know that when my heart beats, it reminds me you're not with me

did you know that when you look up at the skies and see the stars, you see the galaxy
but did you know that when i look up at the skies and see the stars, i see the fading mist

i hear of untold dreams

i dream of unborn wishes

i wish of unwritten desires

did you know that when you breathe in, you savour the gift of life
but did you know that when i breathe in, i breathe in unspoken pain

did you know that when water runs, you delight in its sensation; cool it is, to your touch
but did you know that when water runs, i feel it mingle with tears unshed

a journey unfolds

a path not trod

choices made, decisions set in stone

gazing at you

i linger in between worlds

a world of maybes, a world of perhaps

a world of ever after

a world of smoke and mirrors

did you know, oh, did you know.



p.s. fiction, fiction and fiction.