Inspired

Remember what was once a great empire,
That had crumbled to the dust,
We say is larger than our dreams,
But our dreams were built by us.
We built those empires,
And tore them down,
Stone by stone,
And now they're found.
Don't you feel inspired?
By what others have done?
And don't you aspire?
To become twice the person you've become?
And there are your plans,
All laid out,
Until the kiss of reality,
Scatters them to the wind,
And you thirst for love,
But die of the drought.
We want to start anew,
To do something bold.
And you think everything's already been done,
But every story has not yet been told.
And don't you feel inspired?
By what others have done?
And don't you aspire?
To become twice the person they've become?

One Million

We're all here now,
Fighting for our lives,
And I see the one million,
Drops of blood being spilled,
Flowing like a red river,
Screams of terror,
Cutting through my heart,
Piercing the night like a dagger.
And yet the world goes on.
With one million lives ending every day,
One million fearing separate ways,
One million lives of carefree play,
Knowing blood has been spilled,
On the ground that we lay.

We are trapped here together,
Without a clue on what to do,
And I see the one million,
Lights from the stars,
Swimming in their eyes,
Fears of death,
Of being gone,
Reflected in the night.
And yet the world goes on.
Knowing we have confirmed one million fears,
One million lives ended of those we hold dear,
One million hearts we have touched and seared,
Knowing we have cried,
On the world that touched tears.

Who Am I?

Who am I?
I don't know anymore.
I am a girl who is lost in her mind.
Full of hopes and dreams,
And faces.
The faces of my friends.
Long gone,
Fading from my mind,
Blurred like a picture,
And I dream.
Dream of the day that I will go home.
But I've been back.
Back there.
And it doesn't feel like home anymore.
So where is home?
Home is where the heart is.
That's what my mother told me.
And it still feels like I'm bound to there,
Even though I'm living here,
And my home now, is in the past
Where everything was real.
And not a dreamlike routine.
The past was normal,
And where I belong.
With my friends who I could tell anything to.
That I would trust with my life.
I belong in the town with winding streets
That were always changing,
But never made there feel like less than home.
It was the only place I had ever really known.
And now its gone.
Not completly.
But it feels more like a place from my dreams.
A place that I'm not sure exists anymore.
And time wears memories.
And maybe I'm not remembering right,
But there were more falling stars for me to wish on,
More chances for me to take,
More openings for my future,
And they tore it all away,
And its gone.
And with everything gone,
It feels like something in me is gone too.
Lost in my heart,
Or not connected anymore.
Because every goodbye,
Tore a rip in my heart.
A rip in me.
And my heart was broken,
Ripped up,
As easily as a piece of paper.
That life ended.
And part of me disappeared.
And I know she's burried somewhere inside me.
The crazy girl.
The random girl.
Who's lost in her mind.
Swimming with faces.
That time slowly fades.
So I ask,
Can you tell me?
Who am I?