Flicker

I want to jump at my own shadow

But why can’t I move?

So close your face to mine

Who are you? I can’t see your face clearly

Grey fog surrounds us

And embraces the trees in this alley

It was a strange place I woke up in today

I came to my senses and saw these eyes staring at me

All I want is just to go away

Away from this face so catatonic and eerie

I can’t move but only blink

I’m so tired of losing faith

In people I see on the streets.

People who try to find but lose their ways

After being knocked off their feet

Should we rewrite all the stories we’ve told?

The stellar disguise is a hell of a treat

Nothing you touch will on the spot turn to gold

But the chance is still there while you still feel your heartbeat

I can’t move but only blink

So I close my eyes, two walls in this space

Two walls to isolate me from this stare

To stop seeing this face

But when I open my eyes again

Another hazy face I see

But the eyes are the same even then

Those same eyes are staring at me

Every single feeling, every single sight

Became a shadow strolling through my head

I’m trying so hard to again feel all right

And not to think of those who left

And not to think of those who left

You’re tied but didn’t see it before

Far from having a chance to escape

Left to stare into these eyes you can’t let go

The fact you are so afraid to face

Do we still believe in the stories we’ve told?

Is the stellar disguise a hell of a treat?

Nothing you touch will on the spot turn to gol

But the chance is still there while you still feel your heartbeat

The same eyes will be staring at you all your life

If you don’t dare to face it, to move and go on

The same eyes you will see while trying to shelter in the crowd

Go and find your peace now. Don’t consider yourself gone yet

I woke up and went out into the street.

Maybe I am still sleeping or maybe I never was.