~ A Bad Dream~

~ A Bad Dream ~

It was a bad dream, I think
I was standing in some strange place
And all my friends had faded away
All the feelings had faded away
Time had shipped out much of my joy
And I was left standing in an empty port
Of an abandoned town
Wondering what to do next
With my ragged life.

I wandered back out into the wilderness
And felt the nakedness of myself
Totally alone with no path to follow
Only one to forge to somewhere else
That might harbour me and my madness.

The way led me through harsh lands
I knew not what would become of me
And as night came the stars shone bright
I gazed up to them with weary eyes
Confused and trapped in some world
Whose origin was unknown.

Nowhere seemed to be the place
Where I set down my bags for good
And I drifted onward in my journey
Carrying a great sadness in my heart
Wondering what the point was
To this strange story.

At times, I thought that I had missed my boat
Perhaps I was supposed to join the others
And follow their ships to a new world
Instead I chose to follow the voice out there
Calling me into this barren wilderness
That had left me bedraggled and bewildered
With no chance of finally finding my way
As the wolves howl and vultures circle above
As a cold wind blows and the earth begins to shake….

Then suddenly I wake up
But the dream isn’t over
I stare into the mirror
I’m one day older
Carrying more hardship in my heart
Going to a job I don’t want to do
Surrounded by people I can’t relate to
And I realise that the wilderness in my dreams
Is no different to the one I wander in now
Perhaps there are more people around
And I am slightly more static
But I am a lone wanderer in this life
Passing through doorways; shaking hands
Attending to the tasks required of me
But still, all the while, I’m out there
In some great unknown
Drifting, searching
Caught in some dream
And I think it’s a bad one.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure,

It’s a bad one.