Victim of My Dreams

5/6/15

She lay at the foot

Of a loathsome past

A mess of limbs and tears

Whose liquid life

Has been released

I wonder if she sees me

How I stand and stare

I've known of this brutality

But its still caught me unprepared

I throw myself in front of her

Surprise evident in his wide eyes

His fists pause, for a moment,

But luck is on his side

I do my best

to fight him off

For surely I must try

My heart was created to protect

And I can't lose this time

Battered, bruised and out of breath

I unleash my last defense

And then as he falls to his knees

I see she still lay tense

I grab her hand and start to flee

Though she cannot match my pace

But just as we reach free ground

She's pulled back into his cage

She's a victim trapped deep in my dreams

For that weak girl is really me

Perhaps that's why she stays in my mind

Maybe she just shouldn't be freed