I Thought

I thought I knew the waking world.
I thought the morning light was made of gold.
I thought paradise was a step away.
I thought my hopes would rise, not roll.

I thought many things.
I thought of wonders, great and high.
I thought of necklaces, trinkets, and the rings of kings.
I thought of a lot, but it didn't make them real.

I thought I knew the truth,
When I was so naïve.
I thought I knew most everything,
But it was just the most important to me.

I thought the world was great, was big.
I thought if water could be walked on, so could air.
I thought that a mountainside would be easy to climb.
I thought that there weren't any walls there.
I thought wrongly on all accounts,
And blind as I was, I cared.

***

I flew down the steppes,
Never stopping as I ran,
And I thought,
"Nothing can catch."
But I can.

I am my thoughts,
And my thought are me,
And as that is true,
All my thoughts,
All my hopes,
All my dreams...
Can catch up to me.