"Dream" from Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman'
Just when you're feeling down and you think life just couldn't get any worse, it does.
"Dream" from Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman'
Prayer Of A False God | Life | Trapped | Revenge | Why? |
I Paid The Price | You Don't Care | I Stand Alone
All are doomed to burn,
Love feeds the flame,
Days of endless pain,
And the smoke takes each in turn.
All are doomed to rust,
Time destroys our lives,
Nights cut like knives,
And the wind carries away the dust.
All are doomed to love,
All are doomed to die,
Tonight bring the black tomb,
For even the most high,
Even those in this room,
Cannot pretend to fly.
And I know,
Even you,
Even I,
Must die.
C. PIKE from the pages of The Visitor.
When your life is perfect,
And everything's in place,
Why does it have to turn around,
And slap you in the face?
It boosts you when you're happy,
It kicks you when you're down.
But when you really need its help,
It doesn't make a sound.
Though when you start to hate life,
And its time for you to die,
You begin to see its worth
As it flashes 'fore your eye.
Passing from one life to the next,
Is like walking through a portal,
For even though our bodies are weak,
Our souls they are immortal.
JULIE MARSHALL
An unwanted soul,
Trapped in the mist,
No where to go,
Gripped in a fist.
Wanting escape,
But bogged in
the dirt.
Nobody realises,
That I can hurt.
I see a light,
But it's too far away,
So I remain here, trapped.
And pretend I'm okay.
JULIE MARSHALL
You think that we've forgotten,
But forgotten I have not,
I hold your soul within my fist,
Forever it will rot.
I thought I use to love you,
But I guess that I was wrong.
I know now that I hate you,
And your torture will be long.
How will I start? I would not know,
What I will do I fear,
It's hard to make a human being
Suffer when they once were dear.
I tighten my grip,
You scream in pain,
I look at my hand,
I don't see the stain.
Silence.
Dead? No.
Life means nothing anymore.
The circle turns.
Time goes on,
You are lost forever.
I know you're lost,
And down I kneel,
You cannot know the pain I feel.
I am sorry,
I must be strong.
Revenge was mine,
You were wrong.
JULIE MARSHALL
Why, when I'm
down, does it all get worse?
When one must detest life, as some voodoo curse.
And why, when I cry, it is just a big show?
When I can't show my feelings, when I feel so low.
When I'm sad, all alone,and I'm asking me "Why?"
When I feel like I'm finished, and will lie down to die.
Don't give a damn, please don't care about me,
For I'm a real person, and that you can't see.
JULIE MARSHALL
I paid the price,
I met the cost,
I thought safe was the game;
I rolled the dice,
I found I lost.
And now I live in shame.
For now I'm empty
Now I'm blue,
And yet there is a hole;
For me there's no reality,
Because I've lost my soul
JULIE MARSHALL
I told you that I loved you,
But you don't really care,
All you did was laugh it off,
I don't think that was fair.
I tried to show my feelings,
Yet you choose to ignore,
A small, petty action,
Really hurt me to the core.
I know I am not perfect,
I am not viewed in the light,
But no-one toys with my thoughts,
And escapes without a fight.
I will weaken your very soul,
In the space of one heart beat,
Eternally you will suffer,
Revenge is bitter sweet.
JULIE MARSHALL
Surrounded by people,
Yet I stand alone,
Numb without feeling,
Carved out of stone.
Driven to shame,
Made an outcast
Hoping and wishing
This day is my last.
I am ashamed,
Why? I don't have a clue,
I stand alone,
For that's all I can do.
JULIE MARSHALL