Do I Dare?

Do I Dare?

All that would require
Is an unbending desire
To walk out of that bloody door.

But where would you go?
Fear and doubt in a conspiracy,
Whispering abort plans and mutiny,
My dreams now dashed below.

Don’t listen to them!
Hope surging past both,
Go couch surfing at a mates,
Find a-few flats at good rate,
Be gone before I deflate!

Once again I soar past my prison cell,
The happiness tangible and real,
The unbending desire resolute,
I put forward my first foot.

But where would you find the money?
Fear and doubt dripping poisoned honey,
Once again my eyes undergo vertigo,
My dreams again dashed below.

Don’t listen to them!
Hope once again shouts with fervour,
Go find work part-time, it’s easy,
This way you can still go to uni,
Go now before I deflate!

Once again I soar past my prison cell,
The freedom tangible and real,
The unbending desire resolute,
I raise my second foot-

Reality kicks in.
Hope a siren’s call for sailors lost at sea.
Shouting when it should whisper,
To a fledgling who unlearned
His ability to fly.