the Dream I still search for

I still long for the life I once promised myself— A dream I quietly built In the corners of my heart. I keep hoping That maybe… just maybe, It still waits for me Somewhere down the road. I never meant to leave it behind, Nor did I forget its light. But every time I tried to begin, The world’s eyes held me back. They said it wasn’t right, That it wasn’t meant for someone like me. So I stayed silent, Tucked my dream away Like a secret too fragile to speak. Yet here I am, Still searching, still aching— For that life I once believed in, For that version of me I’ve never stopped longing to be.