dear precious
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still in your head
or is someone else hogging the spotlight on the stage of your life?
dear resilient
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still feeling alive
or are you numbed by the inconsequential actions of the omniscient they?
dear hopeful
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still lighting candles on the beach
or have they all been extinguished by callous winds?
dear schoolbound
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still dived in, nose all burrowed
or are you throwing away your shackles, are they being ripped away?
dear naive
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still open and bright and relatively unblemished
or are you tired and drawn, and really not so naive after all?
dear driven
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still in the office, burnt by fluorescent light
or have you learnt that the buck only stops where you let it?
dear precocious
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still skilfully avoiding trouble again and flirting with the world
or are you locked away and huddled in your own self-oblivion?
dear headstrong
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still screaming your head off, mouth wide open, testifying to your own freedom
or are you complacently taking a bow and shutting up for once, like a good little girl?
dear terrified
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still crying in the corner and wishing the ghosts away
or are you fighting the demons, sword on sword?
dear ahead of your time
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still off on a tangent foretelling another future
or has foreboding rammed your wisdom into a box?
dear big time
where are you in the world tonight?
are you still shining in the splendour of your own garrulousness
or have your eyes started to squint in the bright lights of little big me?
dear ruthless
are you still tossing them out along the way
and treading on their heads to get to the next one
or have you been tossed away and forgotten now too?
dear so-like-me-it’s-funny
are you still so like me it’s funny
or am i more like you?