Come, take me away, my prince of darkness Take me away to your home All nestled up warm beneath the earth Guarded with barbed wire and moat of blood Take me there, please, I beg of you Because this life is not what it used to be I have lifted away the shiny sparkling blanket (the lies, the glamour) that covered it and I have seen the truth Life is not worth living, I say, and I don’t want it Take me away, please, come and lift me up Into your arms of bone, so smooth and true You are what I want to be, I want to be snuggled Up warm in the dark dark earth I want to sleep forever, my only companions The lazy dreams that float through my head, like Vivid movies or moving artwork, so fresh and clean, So brilliant I want to hold onto them forever Why can’t life be like that, I say It makes me cry to think of it Why can’t life be like a dream, like that silly ‘Row your boat song’… ‘life is but a dream’ What kind of dream is life, then…a nightmare…? No…there’s nothing good about life, it’s something Horrid in disguise; some cruel trick, a trap, which people Wander into everyday. They go in, and they stay, because some force hold them there. Don’t they see, that’s the trap, the lie…the glamour life sprinkles on things just out of reach…just to keep you in its grasp…? I’ve seen, my prince, oh have I seen. I know the truth now, and I can’t stay I must leave, I must leave with you You of the black cloak, the shining scythe… The grinning skull, tendon and bone… You who guards the earth, plants the flower seed in my dreams, makes me see the truth, the light. I’m turning from the light. Come, please, take me away, prince of darkness It is you I pray for, you I yearn for I want to be with you, o dark one, with you… Snuggly-warm, safe, content…six feet underground. (C)A. Fleury!!
Reason for writing:
Like the poem says...I've seen the truth about life, but I'm much too cowardly to ever escape from it...
Birth sign: Libra
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