Say It's a Dream

SAY IT’S A DREAM The cloud had wrapped herself around And like a shield it engulfed my life and being With gloom & anguish, pains and aches Wretched and weakened, drained of strength Gossiped by friends and foes alike Like a plague they hid and kept from me Lonely, angry, desolate and lost Maimed by illness like a palsied imp The hands that once would rise in cheer Are now retarded, stuck in chair The voice that roared and earned respect Is now disguised by groans unclear Would there be an end to the pains I feel When the eyes are closed would it bring an end For beneath the flesh that once were fresh Reside the flames that burn afresh Please say it’s a dream I need to awake That the pains I feel are feigned and unreal That the morn shall bring a ray of relief And the heart shall be eased of the pains and relieved.