When I Awoke

When I awoke from Sleep

This indefatigable darkness from which i have risen

In which respite and rejuvenation are all but forbidden

Leaves my reality a palimpsest, painted with dark sweeps,

Interspersed with bright memories of before I fell asleep, like

Shards of luminous brick, an imperfect puzzle that was never complete,

And I wonder whether a futile endeavour

it is

to attempt to piece it together

No!

In the veins of those bright bricks i see the vigour

Unyielding passion and widespread compassion

So of what cruel intention was I victim

Put to sleep - was the sedative the system?

Disillusioned by illusion,

conscious of calamity and far from confusion.

It must have been

but those former virtues remain

I've seen

Even in the most faded shards of the past

a sheen

What freed me from dreamless dream?

As my puzzle pieces glow so too do others shine

But theirs form palaces and magnitude exceeds mine

So they disrupt my slumber,

these coruscant castles, feeding my will

I begin to rebuild

But alas a feeling, begins to infect me

Malicious melatonin begins to supress me

Hopelessly sad at first, now apathy kicks in

Seeping through the pores of my thick skin

I want to change the world I scream - nah let it all happen

And so, I fall deeper and deeper so deep

Quickly forgetting the time, I awoke from sleep