Nightmare Under A Tree.

I dreamed a dream last night
As I lay under the tree-
The one that canopies us all,
The one we call Humanity.

My vision blurry, my breath slow
I lay beneath the tree
Thinking I was all alone
But then walked you in, to be with me.

We stayed liked that for a century perhaps-
I didn't count, I wouldn't know
We didn't hear the storms, the thunderclaps
We were too busy being each other's own.

The days flew, the hours sped
How could we care, after all,
With you and I there wasn't a tear to shed
Weren't we the 'happily ever after'?

But as silently as you came, you slipped away-
Into the clutches of Reality you stumbled
All the happiness, the love, the life you gave me
Was gone in that instant, it had vanished

The storm pulled you, whirled you into it
Leaving me behind-
I had to watch as you left, in my stomach a pit
No air in my lungs, nothing at all.

Feeling drained, I sat still
I guess I still hoped, yearned like a fool.
But you were gone, never to return at my will
Never to return even at your own whim.

I guess fate has funny ways,
Of bringing people together and then ripping them apart
You were with me in that instant and I'll remember it always
But our end broke something within me- was it my heart?

I will dream a dream again tonight
As I lie under the tree-
The one that canopies us all,
The one we call Humanity.