Waking to the silence
Of a thousand dropping tears
Pressing hard, screaming breathlessly
Into an iron pillow
That cradles the illusions
Of a truth beyond reality
A piercing scream
Recounting the rapture of this illusion
I flew, danced with the stars
Above even the highest mountains
Away from pain, and lies
Above the gorge of tears
I scream for eternity to accompany me
As I am washed away in the starlit caliginosity
I feel a welcome void wash away my sorrow
This is a gift, to feel nothing but bliss, rapture
Beauty in its purest form
I know this is everything I have ever felt,
Representing everything I have never experienced
The darkened green fields below,
Breathe their secrets into me
I found myself tonight, mid-flight
Feeling the fantasy now
I know this flight can’t be real
But I am alone
Just as it should be
And there is no voice to steal this rapture from me
Just my hallowed escape
Into bliss, away from the valley of lies
Lying deep below my soaring spirit
I can’t find a reason to revisit
Soon I find my form escapes me,
An unplanned downward pull
And I know that I am not meant to be here
I will fall from the stars, a wingless nothing
But not tonight, not on this cloudless night
Resist until dawn forces me down, stripping me of my defiance
Falling, a wingless nothing
Screaming breathlessly, as the wind molests my lungs
And I wake, tear stricken
A wingless nothing
I found myself tonight
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I had a dream the other night that was just very moving. This piece is a set of impressions and feelings that I took from it. I hope it makes you feel something similar to what I felt. Or anything at all for that matter!