I AM NOT BRAVE

As the night moves in, I must suppress

The thought of you next to me

Take a sleeping pill, and close my eyes

Find an escape through my dreams...

Where I am free falling without a chute

Walking city streets alone

Dancing with wild animals

Scaling great walls of stone

I jump from trees, with no piles of leaves

Leap the cars of moving trains

Say goodbye to dreams, and fantasies

Waking next to you again

Imagination Staved

I am not Brave

To be strong, I'd have to break my vows

And I just can't do that yet

Though I feel so cold, because I know

You've crossed lines I can't forget

At times, for a fleeting moment

The anger slaps the weak

But the only time I'm truly brave

Is in my dreams, when I sleep

Where I'm behind the wheel, racing a car

Void of fear, swimming with the sharks

Tempting lightning, in a rainstorm

Horror movies in the dark

Vacation in a foreign Country

Going wild with my friends

Say goodbye to dreams and fantasies

Waking next to you again

Imagination Staved

I am not brave

No I'm not brave

Only when I dream

I am not brave

Brave enough to leave

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Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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