I wish I could sail and discover new lands. Travel the lines on my palms, like tiny rivers in my hands. Gaze upon the stars as they reflect above and below. Never settling always moving, for there’s somewhere else to go.

I want to see all the angles of the moon. Discover new worlds in the corners of noisy rooms. To travel my veins as if old roads, filled with love and joy as well as woe.

I want to feel the adventure deep in my soul, kiss in the rain and flee from the cold. What did it feel like to discover new land? To the find whitest snow or the yellowish sands.

I want to break all clocks and defy the rules of time, fly above the clouds and call the sky mine. To dance with wild creatures and sing with banshees, live among my fingertips as if they were trees.

I wish I could find new colours and make new shades, like the gods creating new people out of old clay. Lay with the flowers in the winter sun, and remain there until life has, once again begun.

I wish I could see into the darkness of every hidden cave, sit with the bats and sleep during the days. To knit silky spider webs and hang them like art, and visit the gallery that is of my scars.

I want to follow the bed sheet creases as if it were a map, discover forgotten treasure and find a genie lamp. To touch a candle flame without getting burnt and glide off tall cliffs with no fear of getting hurt.

I want to climb the mountains and make them my throne and cook meals in ovens made out of stone. To listen to the birds and hear what they say, and love every moment of every single day.

I want to be free and escape my cage, and maybe live in a book on a folded page. To discover new lands is only a lost dream, to what once was, and what can now never be.

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