Dawn & Dusk

Do you know what it’s like
To be trapped inside?
To be held a prisoner
Within your own mind?

To have skills and abilities
That you are unable to reach
To be filled with knowledge
But be unable to speak

For the good things you wish to do
To be drowned by sorrow
For the future you’ve been working for
To always be in tomorrow

I can imagine new worlds
But can’t show them to others
Have been entrusted with ancient legends
But to others, I cannot utter

Because of this weight
That sits on my mind
A darkened lampshade
That is stopping my shine

And so I shrivelled up
Became a dry husk inside
All the while, these ideas
Thrashed about in my mind

I could only show
A pale shadow to others
No one thought
That there might be something to uncover

So, I had to drag myself out
Of this pit depression put me in
So I could show the world
What was hidden within

Only my family
And a handful of friends
Believed in my potential
Helped me to make a stand

And now they can see
What their hard work has done
As the real me can finally
Shine bright like the sun