Waking
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I fell in love
with a girl I met in a dream
But I cannot remember her name,
so now im frantically hitting the snooze on my alarm
that I might see her again
I woke up to the acceptance of ignorance and hate
To people telling me to get over the feelings in my blood, the history it carries didn’t matter
Knowing that I could see your face
Or I could hear your laugh
Being with you
Wakes me up
Your fingers intertwined with mine
It has always baffled me that people like to sleep in.
Missing out on the feeling of such a big win
There’s so much to do, so much to see,
The crisp cold wakes me by nipping my nose.
The sleepiness leaves me from my head to my toes.
I look at the clock and groan so loud.
It’s 7 o’clock it’s time to get up now.
But instead of readying myself just yet,
Woke up in a dream under asphalt treessoaked in the sap of the sweltering citywearing these old rat rags and sneering at the concreteGreyscale mindset stitched into my sleeve
I was born 1988
Was this my starting fate?
Right after the Astros harmonic convergence
Does the life journey have some sense?
I am an individual
We are all life fuel
In your dreams of fitful sleep,
You wonder which direction to keep.
You hear a noise from down below,
a door opens wide, the wind begins to blow.
Inside they come, as they do every night -
