Just a dream

By Daryl Simons Jr

Suddenly, I am running, to where, I don’t know.
Running faster than ever before, from what… I don’t know.
Up ahead, something appears to be what looks like a shore,
I see a vast ocean of the likes I’ve never saw before.

I step into the beautiful blue water,
And then everything becomes a mess of fodder.
As I lie there, in the mess and debris,
I wonder where I am, I wonder what I see.

I appear on the rim of a volcanic mountain.
As I climb, a fury of red lava spews from the fountain
The fiery hell consumes my petty existence
Honestly, I didn’t even put up any resistance.

As my reality turns to a scorching fire,
I feel my spirit get a little bit higher.
I know what I see isn’t what it seems,
I slowly begin to realize, it only exists in my dreams.