flight of a dreamer

do you see her?

the girl in the corner?

she’s a dreamer. 

there’s a noose tied around her neck,

but she believes it’s the string of a balloon

meant to help her fly. 

she dances on the edge of the cliff

and falls in love with the sensation of flying

as she falls.

weightless,

yet a thousand pounds. 

she laughs as she twirls

in the rain,

blind to the stares and scowls

of the ones who deem her strange.

she thinks the sun over his head

is a halo,

but she’s too caught in the clouds

to see the flames that dance in his eyes. 

that girl in the corner?

she’s a dreamer. 

beautiful yet doomed. 

she doesn’t realize that

happily ever after

doesn’t exist in the real world. 

she laughs

as she falls to her death,

but all she can see

are the

stars.