This is my entry for @hopehuggs poetry competition (link), also listed in the comments section of that post, per the rules.
I Built a World
I built a world on the dreams of others
And woke to find my world lay smothered
I looked around to find a way
To start from scratch, to start again
Unable to recognise all I saw
I set out to wander in search of more
I've heard the rules, I know them all
It's those chains that lead me out the door
I stopped to question why it is this way
Has madness ruled from the very first day?
Or is the world made different for each of us?
Should I learn not to make a fuss?
The gods of old; I knew them well
But if they knew me then I could not tell
But searching for deeper; plants lead the way
A voice that lay silent will learn what to say
Is freedom a notion found everywhere
Or is a mind so tortured not found there?
If life is for living then live it one should
I'd live everyday if only I could
But an optimist is found in this mind that I own
I planted its seed and now it has grown
Try once more to move on from the past
And cherish each day like it were my last
This poetry is my own work, written for Steemit
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