Small Town, Smaller Dreams

by Jillian/gemini - Aquarius

Lost in a small town, filled with smaller dreams
People never taking chances, keeping it as it seems
But I myself choose to look further; find what's hidden
To travel through a world unknown, I've got to dig under the skin

And under this skin i find
Love and mystery, let it be mine
Find me this love because I've never known
I'm tired of traveling through this small town alone

And with this love brings me mystery
With consorted feelings because there is no guarantee
That this love will last or that it will end
But as for now, on him I depend

And I thank him for giving me everything I've never had
For giving me the happiness that was once forbade
And even for the pain, without I wouldn't know love
Now even the tears are okay, without them, lack of therof

As I say good-bye, I know times will be hard
But I know our memories we will never disregard
As you move on to a bigger town with bigger dreams
Please, never forget the lonely girl in the town where everything's as it seems

I myself will stay here, but take the first chance to get away
Living with our mystery, until I reach that day
The town folk look at me with bewildered eyes because I'm taking this chance
But I bet alone, the disbelievers never danced

"Why take a chance on a mystery?" they question
"Why not try it for yourself?" is my suggestion
Who wouldn't want to know if love lies under that skin
Why wouldn't I want to know if my eternity lies with him

The disbelievers ask me why again, as if its some sort of scam
And they shake their heads and shrug their shoulders as if I give a damn
Because the people here can't create my character or my self-worth
As I close my eyes to their predictable lives, knowing mystery won't appear on their    
   earth

I wait alone in this small town, but I know everything will be okay
Because there is an answer to my mystery and the rest will arrive someday
In this small town, I have realized; with you is where I belong
And I have a very good feeling that this realization isn't wrong.

Reason for writing:

    being stuck in a world I'm unable to get out of...    

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 1999-07-11 16:17:16
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:09
Poem ID: 52870

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