Imprisoned

Hold me down
Chains that bind me, as they scream murder

What have I done?
Mortified
I can't see the blood
Something seems wrong

I know their faces, they burn
They haunt me from within

In a distant dream, I was set free
I wanted to save them
I can see the eyes of the children
I can feel the pain rushing back
As if I was there

Nothing separates this dream from reality
Beyond my own confused volition
Slave to my own vision
How could it be I haven't woken up?

A year passes in a second
But it still feels endless

The ending with no beginning is what will destroy me
Yet I sit in silence
Floating in a void
Weightless
And timeless

How could it be?
I haven't given up

Searching
Always coming up empty
Feeling consciousness betray me

Reaching
Always touching nothing
Sleeping doesn't make it better

Losing everything I've known
Losing everything I've been
Losing everything I've done

Come to life inside my head
I lie awake