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by Wetdryvac
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Serenade From Beyond
October 19, 1990
I - Inside
lying in bed beside your gun
you dream of the real world
viewed from behind corruption
from the real world of your dream
come the sounds of war
come the fallings of bombs
come the cries of the dying
all of this you must ignore
lest it split your shield
cause your pain
pain of the dead
sorrow for the children
who will never be
II - Break
upon waking you roll from your bed
entangled in your covers and reaching for your gun
shattering the silence
by crying out against some fragmental memory
cocking hammer and snapping trigger
shattering yourself in your last mirror
reflection of someone you thought you knew
whimpering you try to hide from the noise
wrapping yourself in the covers and the smell of smoke
hiding from the real world, in the shadows of dream
and the stench upon a final battlefield
your reflection claimed it would be
shaking you rise from the floor
gathering once more your blankets about you
lie, gun reloaded against your head
praying you will not return to nightmare
unable to sleep, you hide in transition
dreams of sleep mingling with dreams of reality
and fall into a middle state
III - Bottom
day by day you sleep a thousand deaths
in the darkness of your mind
your gun a last comfort that perhaps these dreams
will be mortal when they break through
unable to acknowledge that in times long gone by they have
lying in fear of your real world
knowing that the smallest crack in your defenses
will cause that world to realize that you exist
brush you aside, uncaring for just another deluded dove
without a thought that your dreams, vapors indeed, are true
without a thought
the real world will go on with its terrors
and the only way to survive these times
so you mantra to yourself
do not become involved
by never moving
perhaps you may yet escape
IV - Excisement
a year
the dreams have come to encompass your entire being
the fear that despite all your effort
you will be drawn into a war that has yet to start
end up with your twisted body
adding to the stench
of those who were with you
when lightning struck
waking one last time
you look out at the world on your tv screen
still assembling your defenses-
you see colors of the pictures of the wasted
and know in your deepest heart
finally one of them will soon be you
fleeing the nightmare of the real world
has left you empty of all but fear
knowledge that if you don't wander soon
someone will come to collect you
you check the safety of your gun
and in the contemplation of thunder
realize that your greatest fear has come to pass
defenses a bit too wide - shutting in the enemy
V - Outside
floating like acid through the fog you notice
that in the rain on the street below lies a dying man
you could have given of yourself
too late you realize
that closing the terror irrevocably was not the conclusion
just a prefix to a serenade of a world in pain
torn apart by hatred and limit
finally you understand
that to dive in with whole heart
-help-
was the only cured way to end
that those who annihilate themselves
add only to their own pain
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