I'm awake now,

for so long I was asleep

lying still

wrapped in my youthful keep

 

My sleepy eyes take a peak 

and look around in fear

yet my body feels too weak 

not yet ready to loose all I hold dear

 

I'm awake now,

and can see the world as it is 

a debased and distored view 

when compared to my familiar bliss 

 

In this world 

where children fight, where leaders scream,

Where all light is so meticously followed by the dark

Should I have stayed asleep?

 

Yet out numbered as it is 

the light calls to me still

forcing me to awaken,

to live.