I'm So Sorry

In the dark of night.

 

You will never know me

Until it’s far too late.

Women you have never met,

Have sealed your grisly fate.

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I fought the inner voices.

I’ve prayed they leave me be.

But everywhere I look are lovers,

Leaving only me.

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When you held her hand,

Then gave a warm embrace.

My blood began to boil,

My pulse began to race.

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My eyes must be so vacant,

Devoid of love or care.

You know you are about to die.

I see it in your stare.

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I do not even know you,

You’ve never done me wrong.

But hurts of old have drained my heart.

In a muzzle flash, you’re gone!

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Thank you God, ‘twas but a dream,

That same old awful one.

I tell myself it’s over now,

As I gaze down at my gun.

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I wait, I pray, to God above,

That fate soon makes things right.

I pray you never meet me

On that awful summer night.

 

Reviews

[Mary Maston]

Wow! reading this reminded me of a dream my husband has had in one form or another, always with the same theme though. He wakes and shakes me awake and tells me the dream as if trying to confess a sin. I wonder what Freud would do with this one. I especially liked "My eyes must be so vacant devoid of love or care. You know you are about to die, I see it in your stare." Chilling imagery of gunman and victim staring each other down in the final moments. I cannot even begin to imagine what that would do to me, how I would react in that moment. Anyway, a frightfully good ride, thanks for sharing. I am wondering, (you don't have to respond, it's just a lingering thought) what inspired this? Was it a dream of yours, really? I wonder if it was how many men have dreams like this.

[Nightwish Ruin]

INTERESTING. THAT WOULD BE A WEIRD DREAM. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS SOME TRUTH BEHIND THE DREAM FOR THE CHARACTER. GOOD JOB...NIGHTWISH