Surrounded: A Short Story

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As man I wasted all my life; I hid my dreams in darkened rooms
I didn't know the things that waited on the other side of where I knew
At first I kept my silent hopes, and I hid them in my heart.
And the people were all afraid they would tear the world apart,
But I’m not.

First I crossed the unwritten lines, and heard those unspoken dreams.
They came from places that I had never been, from long forgotten kings.
Falling stars cried out to me; I felt them hit the sea.
And the light came from the rising sun; scattered through the leaves.

Wandering through the woods, a faithful friend found me.
We laughed and cried and shared our hopes and spent their days with me.
Then I woke to the sound of the crowd, rolling through the streets.
Surrounded