WIDE AWAKE

It was a perfect day, the sun shining brightly,

So as Not to disturb this scene I tread lightly,

I lie down basking in the sun, admiring the view,

Catnaps such as this are precious and few,

Soon I am woken by a drum that is beating,

I look around and I frown my perfect world deleting,

My dead mother is there shaking me like a rattle,

Wake my dear daughter you dream of a battle,

Suddenly I wake fully alert to the danger,

A battle for sure nobody around but strangers,

I know in my heart I must start to run,

I run and I run then collapse down in the sun,

My heart is racing filling with dread,

Sweating & Shaking I sit straight up in bed,

My voice is hollow forming a scream,

It was only an echo of a dream in a dream.