Dreaming With Your Eyes Wide Open

Have you ever tried to open a locked door without a key Or had a dream while awake, going about your day Optimism says, when one door closes another opens It doesn’t prepare us for the day we find them all locked, but… If you can dream awake, can’t you just unlock them in your sleep Clichés are available in any situation Heartbreak and failure seem to be the most common Why do we need them? To misguide reality to a perspective of positivity. No one enjoys sadness, but fake emotion only extends that dimension, What if we feel what we feel and we wear it on our sleeve Are we then viewed as weak Doesn’t anyone believe that feelings should be judgment free Or is it better to pretend that in your heart, there’s no one home Paste on a smile but truth never takes a vacation from your eyes Pain worn on the skin does far less damage than pain held within A year of tears that shed pounds as they fall, or A lifetime of regret that won’t heal trapped without air, in a shell If it were easy to get over then you wouldn’t be dreaming with your eyes wide open The heartbeat gives rhythm to feet unwilling to head in the right direction When you’re done giving power to someone who doesn’t even want it. You can see, missing pieces won’t make whole what been broken So just leave the past where it started when life has spoken