Unicorn

Unicorn

When I was a child, I thought I was a unicorn.

The others were playing house and school

as I imagined different dimensions

where I could teleport away...

But people don't like what isn't common

they crush it with their words

and hands

and I created a black hole

         with the left over pieces,

         with the left over time,

         When I would think

                                re-think

                                and think

                       into an infinite loop

                       to keep me away from what is real...

I pushed you away

and when I awoke, I was lost

the silence was crushing

like my eardrums would explode.

The movie I was in

I was watching

the horrible scene

When you scream "don't go in there"

But I do,

the credits roll

and I can't rewind the film.

Unicorns were never real

but their image is all around

it makes me disprove

                   what I prove

                   and I lose what I believe..

I see the way they stare at me

I am the universe

as starburst shoot from my eyes

                                    and lips

                                    and fingertips

It is useless to hide the truth

from the people who will lie

they hunt the legendary creature

because of what they fear

                          they can't control

                          or put me in a cage

                          or seal away the 

                          secret

                          that I've been keeping all along.

I'll never hide what is hidden

because one day they will see

the universe will die

the unicorn is me.