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While I Was Sleeping (Hell On Earth)

I dreamt of future prospects pushing boundaries of my dreams The likes of which exceeds the limits life allows to do Familiar unknown dwellings lined with promises it seems Ascending as I hoped to reach the heights we all aspire to Where everything is perfect and reflects eternity as such In no way like the middle class of pain I now endure And marvel at the purist sight of beings marvelous much Labyrinth of life forgotten, surety washed ashore Time is ticking, world is spinning, wheel is turning slow Shifting tides reveal the mysteries as yet unsolved ‘Morrows consequence convert to modern flaws we know Foresight remains unanswered as my history evolves This subtle nightmare focused on reptilian affair Patiently it stalks and pulls the wool over my eyes Forcing me to do my rain dance, baron thirst to bear Tricking me with drought to beg for watery demise Drowning me in camouflage, submerging all my grief Heats the water gradually, then smiles at this deception Trust betrayed and marred by this most portentous thief Boiling sorrows substitute belief for misconception Courage risen Winter spell not conquering the depths of hell Tear stained cheeks, crimson red from blind eye sockets seeping Confusion course through icy veins' denial, I already fell Constricted in its fiery pits at present as I’m sleeping "Everybody wishes to one day walk through the gates of Heaven, but what if, while we were sleeping, we were banished to live in this dark abyss? Unknowingly, we might already be roaming the streets of hell."

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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