thinking in verse

intrinsic inferiority ✩

5:50 pm

when i was younger i was told that i was mortal

and that i was to hold my head down low 

and know my place was on the earth

but that hadn't discouraged me

i stole glances at the sun

even though it hurt my eyes

and wished upon all the stars 

each night before i fell asleep

that one day i could get out of this place

perhaps i never would have resented it

had i truly looked around me

and saw the earth as more than

the crumbling dirt i stood upon

i have found friends that have shown this planet a new life

and even if i were to be able to live forever 

if i could finally join all the stars that had been so exclusive

i'd rather leave this world no short of death itself

because i realize i have lived more in my years than they all of their eternity