close the door

i always heard about how cruel the world could be

guess i had to see it for myself

got too swept up in false ideas of destiny

time to put this dream back on the shelf

but how do you reconcile

what you feel with what you know?

how do you force the heart

to simply let it go?

you take a step back

you take a breath in

silently make your peace with

having to start again

capture this moment in your mind

do your best not to cry

as you say goodbye

and you close the door

a curtain falls upon an empty darkened stage

no one to see my final bow

i walk the streets

the people seem to be the same

yet everything has changed somehow

they told you not to mistake

what you want for what you need

don't let them watch you deflate

when it turns out life agreed

put on a brave face

back to reality

mask the shame inside so

nobody else can see

ignore the murmurings of

all the i told you so"s