I’ve had difficulties sleeping
Had a Waking Dream
Now I have waking dreams
I had a waking dream today
It has happened before
and
no doubt it will again
Today’s dream was unlike any other
It jolted me
It changed me
I will forever be scarred
Internally marked
perhaps with time
I’ll arrive at the word
appreciation
The world was on fire
with only a pathway
marked by a clear shallow stream
On one side
which separated the burning homes
the lost souls
the merchants of death
guns melting in their hands
while their rocket launchers were exploding
inside their hidden
storage silos
deep in the bowels of their homes
On the other side
of the stream, its cool water
unaffected by the five-story flames
towering over
and
along the length of its endless riverbank
stood the innocent
the children
the mothers without fathers
the husbands long abandoned by wives
wives robbed of their youthful years
the homeless
the nameless
the demonized
criminalized
and the untold numbers of those categorized
as specialized
Behind them
was yet another approaching wall of flames
this one higher than the other
All that stood between the safety of the stream
unaffected by the flames
and
the many seeking to escape persecution
a pathway to salvation
the avoidance of undeserving execution
divine intervention
or
a winning lottery ticket to redemption
were the politicians
the ministers
priests
imams
barristers
solicitors
prophets and the many false Gods
and
the answers that laid dormant
in your heart
Answers to the question
where did this all start
@Anthony2024mdh30Vibes
