On a Slow Journey, I Gaze at That Distant Lamp

I hope my journey has a lamp like this too:

Deep in the night

Alone, quietly writing down my dreams

Dreams as dreamlike as dreams, mercilessly mocked

Dreaming my own dream

Looking down at my own feet

Gazing into the distance

Touching the glass close by

Turns out it’s still so far away

I know my journey has begun

A journey that will last a year

It’s long

But it’s also swift

That lamp is always lit

That tiny light

Seems visible only to those who know it

Watching it

Keeping it from going out

The best way is to fire it up with my heart

A kind of passion

Leaps from my chest with a pounding beat

Turning that tiny flame into a raging blaze

I see it

I see it even more clearly

I charge forward

Breaking through that transparent barrier

A slow journey

I run ahead

A long, long journey

I gaze at that distant lamp

I believe that I can finish my dreams……