Sleep Walker

Sleep Stalker 9/26/2014

Water before sun

And earth before man

Another day around

Before we meet again. 

The ice berg

Pokes out the water

And we walk as men

But there is much more to see

Below the waterline. 

We are more

Than what we appear to be

And all we see

Is just a glimpse

Of all we will be. 

In my dreams

I almost, make it back

And almost make it up

As I travel backwards,

And forwards

Through space and time.

There is so much unfinished

And there is so much unreconciled

Yet life goes on 

In love and loss. 

I try to forget

But yet, I still remember

And no matter where I go

In my sleep, I return. 

I see people

That I used to know

And it is, as if

They are really there.

But then I wake up

And I come back

Across a distance

Insurmountable and frozen.

The gulf

Is deep and treacherous

But how many times

Did I

Not even try? 

What was true then

Is true now

And what was a lie

Will always be wrong.

The fire is started

And it cannot be put out

No matter what is said or done

The truth remains

Brighter than the sun. 

The door inside

Has been opened

And it cannot be shut

So I can only leave it open

To burn through. 

I hope these words

Find their home

And I hope that

All the others

Are happy and well.

May love shrink the distance

Between you and yours

And so also with me

Returning us all

As we were always

Meant to be.