So Close Yet So Far

Today I dreamt that I could fly, far up above the world
so high, into the red & orange sun-kissed sky.
Where all my cares and earthly woes would have no hold
upon my soul, although, I knew that I could not stay long
and so I sought one memento from such a place, to remind me why
I turn to face all that awaits me back on Earth,
behind those walls of metal, stone, of brick, of blood, and also bone.
The only things I've known for years...that never ever seems to change
I fear it strange...
But for the first time in quite awhile, I found what I was searching for,
before it would soon fade from sight, a gem of light that drew me in,
from deep within I dared to hope, then knelt to what I thought/felt,
reached out...
Alas, only to awaken empty-handed