on this barren hillside —
i struggle towards the firmament —
reaching as high, as my earthbound feet would carry —
often they would pirouette, waltz across the empty silent void —
constantly reminding of what we might never achieve —
we might never achieve —
astrophysics puzzle thought —
calculate impossibility —
forging horizons for mankind —
count the distant raging fires —
count the walls before us —
starlight as a barricade —
as the patterns scatter, feelings of confinement wrap my soul —
distance evades my grasp —
stilling my dreams with the ground —
silence the dreams in the dirt —
stilling my dreams with the ground —
silence the dreams in the dirt —
every evening thoughts conceived —
as I wed thee skies of night —
diabolic infinity —
mocks me with its haunting light —
silence the dreams with the earth
