Once upon a dream

Once upon a dream...

Through the deep dark forest,

My heart takes me to places

Where the feet dreadest;

Plethora of unexplored darkness

Deep inside.

I feel the clouds of my sins above

Weighing me down,

Hear whispers from the cove

Their yore unbeknown.

Space, both moving and stationery

Warped, in synchronous strife

Around me, diluting reality;

Sentient being in the afterlife.

I wander on and on,

As the thunder rumbles above me

And the leaves crunching below me,

As I trod on and on.

Distant distorted din of wails

Ring through the woodland,

My feet takes me towards the source.

I walk and walk and now

Wailing turned into crying

Laced with the innocence

That of a baby.

A bundle of innocent flesh

Laying there in the dark

Whilst the leaves rustled,

The unheard cries stark

As it echoes around.

I reach for the infant

Cooing at me

And I lift her from the ground,

Cradling her frail fresh.

Distant distorted din of howls

Ring through the forest,

Ominous sound at an idyllic moment.

I glance at the clouds

Then at her face, both so serene,

Accentuating the grace of innocence

Lost somewhere along the path of maturity,

Sweet relic of the halcyon days.

That delicate face conjured up

Memories of my vulnerable self,

Before I became

A reflection of the society I live in.

In that moment,

A voice resonating in undertones

Filled the lands,

"'Tis everything but a dream".

Soon burst out

A bright blinding blaze

Blurring my thoughts

Breaking the trance,

As the darkness engulfed my soul

Into its bleak embrace.

Once upon a dream...