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The highways spread like spiderwebs
The roadways extend like intricate patterns resembling spiderwebs.
Across the American west
Across the western regions of America.
Wonder what they're meant to catch
Pondering the purpose of these highways and what they might capture.
Maybe sunset rays, the songs that escape
Possibly capturing the beauty of sunset rays and the melodies escaping.
Summer months and dreams
Reflecting on summer months and dreams.
I fell asleep listening to Phoebe Bridgers at 40,000 feet
Fell asleep while airborne, listening to Phoebe Bridgers at high altitude.
I was heading to California
En route to California.
Where I felt all my hopes would be reached
Expecting to fulfill all aspirations in California.
But I arrived
Upon arrival, no internal change observed.
And nothing had changed in me
A realization that external location didn't alter personal feelings.
You feel like an acolyte
Feeling like a devoted follower, tied to the unknown.
Married to mystery
In a symbolic union with mystery.
The more that your dream loves you
The more one's dream loves them, the smaller they feel.
The smaller that you seem
Realizing a paradoxical diminishment in self-worth through dreams.
And all I've learned about myself
Personal discovery that solitude is challenging to endure.
Is I can't stand to be alone
An acknowledgment of an aversion to being alone.
And I need this grail like god
An intense desire for a significant goal, akin to a holy grail.
But it feels like it'll never be close
Despite the desire, it feels unattainably distant.
The cities look like manta rays
Urban landscapes resembling manta rays, formed by star-like elements.
Strung together out of stars
A visual description of cityscapes connected and moving toward the coast.
Inching towards the coast
The cities and their inhabitants returning home.
And the people in them were finally
People unaware and moving back home at an imperceptibly slow pace.
Making their way back home
Reflecting on the slow pace of life.
Unaware and imperceptibly slow
Off the plane, hoping for a transformative experience in LA.
I got off the plane and I hoped to feel changed
However, the desire was to simply sleep, not change.
When we landed in LA
A repetition of feeling like a dedicated follower, bound to mystery.
But I just wanted to go to sleep
Emphasizing the paradox of wanting a dream but desiring rest.
You feel like an acolyte
Reiterating the sense of being devoted to the unknown.
Married to mystery
A repetition of feeling like a devoted follower, tied to mystery.
The more that your dream loves you
The more one's dream loves them, the smaller they feel.
The smaller that you seem
Reiteration of the paradoxical diminishment in self-worth through dreams.
And all I've learned about myself
A repetition of discovering an aversion to solitude.
Is I can't stand to be alone
Restating the personal challenge of enduring solitude.
And I need this grail like god
An intense desire for a significant goal, like a holy grail.
But it feels like it'll never be close
Despite the desire, it feels unattainably distant.
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