Death of a Dream

Upon awakening, there is that brief moment between two worlds, when you're not sure where the dream ends and reality begins, where some elements of both seem to blend together. Then slowly, responsibility strangles the joy of carelessness, the weight of the world crushes the beautiful fantasy, and the harsh realities of life drown the blissfulness that once was everything, and even if you go back to sleep you can never return to where you'd rather dwell forever in happiness. Now if this feeling occurs and you were never really asleep...you become trapped in a living nightmare, and the dream life you've been sleepwalking through is forever dead. May you keep your eyes closed forever...and never wake up.