Fantoccini
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Mindful, I walked timidly
Distracted, I began to dance
Forgotten, I birthed a dream
But they are there trailing behind me
Why did I think otherwise
Did I imagine I had matured
Grown strong in my convictions
Protected in my shiny illusions
Complacent in my opulent world
Of love and light
Was I just naive to believe
My positive outlook would insure
A life of sweet somethings
Where nothings had always thrived
Given reign my sunny attitude could
Brighten even your dark corners
Absentmindedly
I grabbed the world in my embrace
Pulling to my chest all as brethren
Blew kisses in the wind
Indiscriminately
Loving every soul as if my kin
Drunk perhaps with possibilities
Standing tall on the precipice
Letting the breeze play
With my skirts and hair
Thinking only of what promise
Waits for my creation
I turned in my careless disconnect
To you with an easy smile
A congenial conversation trickled
I didn’t take note, as my hands
Dropped to my sides
Nor my jaw locking tight
Not until my feet were swept
Easily from beneath me
My grounding falling artificial
Did I remember that you are
The puppeteer and that I
Have strings