Heavy Thoughts
by Benji

Words are sometimes enough
(minerals crystallize over time)
to crush your dreams and bury your desires

When you drown in the distasteful hopes of others,
(sink in the quicksand, falling faster than you can contemplate)

you give them energy,
provide them with incentives to persist
(quickly ascend to the gates of their dreams,
climbing the dim colours of their imaginary rainbows)

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The Flip Side