I'm switching off..
powering down..
Life as i knew it is coming trickling down..
Optimism and hope seems like a dream..
a dream I wake up from..
I wake up into a nightmare..
I am awake.. but it seems unreal..
flowers are still yellow.. and the sky is still blue..
but I look at myself.. and seem to recognise me..
but people around are a blur..
fast in motion and their words are a slur..
I try to listen.. but I cannot hear..
indistinct noises.. far far away from here..
I open my mouth.. and waterfalls crash..
out of my nose, my ears and every crevice I have..
but my mouth is dry and I try to speak..
I stutter and stammer.. and unintelligible words I speak..
My heart beats faster.. I can feel it in my head..
My hands are steady but my fingers are dead..
I panic and run.. far away from here..
It's only a dream.. I comfort myself..
I want out.. I want to wake up..
but I am already awake..
no waterfalls, no blurring people..
all distinct noises.. and intelligible conversation..
I wash my face.. and look into a mirror..
see the face that I know..
everything is normal.. I am still sane..
im powering up.. awakening from this dream..
but im wiser now.. detached..
and it's my cynic's turn to now gleam..