The Warning Sign

The Warning Sign

 

I laid down my head and stared at the ceiling

Thoughts and memories arrive from my past

The path I did take was filled with mistakes

And of sorrow I thought I’d never outlast

 

No pride or purpose, and no place to go

I had lost my way

Turned from my ideals, and lost passion for life

My spirit cried in vain

 

A wave of pain washed over me

My demons and my misery

All starting to rise

I closed my eyes

 

Into a dream I was taken

Where my senses would awaken

To see the past forgot and forsaken

And the road never taken

 

Lost in thought or are my thoughts lost

In a spiralling maze my dream-state created

What do I want and what do I need

What am I and what can I be

            I cannot see… any sign

 

Chaos surrounds me lost in forgotten lands

Haze in the distance as I walk through desert sands

All that I want is not all that is real

All that I am is not all I can feel

            I cannot see… any sign

 

I awake from the dream sent to haunt me

I realise that all was not right

I can’t change the past, but I can change ways

A place, a purpose and a guiding light

All that I want is not all that I need

All that I am is not all I can be

            I finally see… the warning sign