Break the sky

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The original, circa 1990

The young forget that only creatures fly

The child dreams his own immensity

And circles violet-hazed intensity

His only driving need to break the sky.

 

But later on, the boy can’t see as high.

And his ambition aims for smaller spheres —

surrenders to his aching mortal fears,

afraid to fall, afraid to break the sky.

 

And now as the old man prepares to die,

his dreams return to taunt him with his fate.

The violet bursts and stars now separate,

allowing him at last to break the sky.

 

The soul forgets that only mortals die —

Its final driving need to break the sky.