When I Saw You in My Dreams

When I Saw You in My Dreams                     January 3, 2006

It was not so long ago

When I saw you in my dreams.

You lit up the black night sky,

And the stars aligned in flanks

Like tin soldiers on toy battlefields.

Hand-in-hand, we touched,

And blood flowed all through my veins,

Giving me the feeling

Everything was going to be alright.

It was not so long ago

When I saw you in my dreams.

The day time had proven cruel,

For my lover had forsaken me.

My nocturnal journey, courtesy of Mr. Sandman,

Had given me a release

From the hell I incurred on Earth.

The love I found in here,

Here in this realm,

Has made me want to call this

Home-sweet-home to me.

So, this is it then. The final destination,

The end of the path to Shangri-la?

How merry it be so.

Earth was pseudo-love

Compared to what I found here.

Evidentally, it never meant anything more.

BRING-RING-RING! The alarms erupt

As Vesuvius and St. Helens did once,

Showering me with heaps of ash and soot.

Alas, I'm left here in this mess,

Embittered, saddened and teary-eyed,

For all you are is a memory,

Or more like a fantasy,

Of a fictitious love I can't have,

Though, it was not so long ago

When I saw you in my dreams.