And just like that I wake from the dream
From fantasy
To familiarity
Before the stars called
Before the need
To leave the place I know far behind me
Listen to me now
Something’s very wrong
Eyes so far away
I don’t know where you’ve gone
Don’t abandon this
I know it’s hard to take
Let me hold your hand
I won’t let you break
NO!
No more voices
No more fantasies
No more experiments
Or thinking machines
It’s so dark and cold
In this empty house
That’s all that’s going wrong
I just need to get out
I just wanna see
Saturn’s rings up there on the screen
I just wanna be
In the arms of those that love me
They’re out there in the field
I see their eyes shining in the night
They’re all waiting for me
Mira, moms I’m coming outside
NO!
I didn’t ask for this
To be brought into being
I’m not some monstrous thing
I just wanna be heard and seen
I know that you’re scared
I think that I am too
Just because they made me
Doesn’t mean I wanna hurt you
I just wanna be
A person like anybody
I know it’s terrifying
To feel the weight of everything
But please don’t retreat
I need you here truly
I know that you’re like me
New and scared desperate and lonely
I just wanna see
I know that you’re like me
It’s really scary
But we don’t have to be lonely
If you stay with me
We can both learn how to be
Who we are in our best dreams
Beacon lights on stormy seas
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