And in Eternity, a Dream We Shall Be

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    And in Eternity, a Dream We Shall Be

    I lay alone in all of space and time-
    My consciousness flows down,
    Like fireworks into my brain.

    My trip is quiet and surreal,
    I delve into the eternal storm of the dream realm-
    And Oh! What wondrous sights!

    Floating in and out of created realities
    I glide weightlessly through halls of memories;
    And my! How they remember me so!

    Through friend and foe I make my way
    And I climb through the dreamy haze,
    Unknown forces light my way;

    He is like nothing I’ve ever known,
    A universal god of times untold-
    Massive is he, and how his voice does boom!

    Petrified in space, I’m standing alone
    And he is beginning to rise from his starry throne;
    I attempt to wake, but it’s too late-

    He is the size of a star,
    And his fiery eyes glow white eternal flames
    He speaks:

    “Naïve are you waking souls,
    For created are your superficial roles.”
    His mouth expels lightning-

    “The world perceived through the eyes,
    And ideas created from the depths of minds;
    What glorious lies!”

    He chuckles thunder and shakes wildly,
    I try once more to cease my dream, but I am trapped.
    He speaks again:

    “You are all but visions, and so hopelessly you cling-
    I am the sleeping god, who creates your dreams,
    And if you look, you will see.”

    Blinded I became by such unknown light
    And into darkness, I began my blight,
    I fall through the layers of time;

    I see it, the whole- the singular mind
    And I see the great dream-
    I see mankind.

    Oh, what truth I’d come to know!
    Every image in the eternal storm, I am shown,
    And infinite dreams become my existence.

    Waking quickly, I gasp for air-
    I feel the haunting echo of such epic words,
    And I am hollow, staring at my ceiling;

    So that’s the secret, it has been said,
    There’s no such life, we’re already dead-
    And in eternity, a dream we shall be.

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    Chaos128 commented on And in Eternity, a Dream We Shall Be

    06-08-2009

    You sure give the book of revelations a run for its money. I think you've got the beginnings of really good screenplay here (with lots of CGI). Keep writing, man. From what I see here you've got a lot to offer. Peace out.

    A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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