He lives in a filthy prison locked behind bars.
The only thing that soothes his darkened heart,
Are the significant words she writes in light ink.
She writes of seas full of life and a sky with white clouds.
How she can make music by blowing on grass.
He is astonished by her words; hypnotized by them.
It gives him something to look forward to.
She gives him hope with a few simple words.

Shadows we call them
And shadows they are
Until you unravel
The mystery they hold.
They hold the things
We're afraid to say,
The love we've lost,
The endings we fear.
I've walked with them
As a dead version of myself.
Among the many others,
As you yourself.
If reading this you know what I felt
Maybe then you too
Have walked with the shadows.
They locked me within their chains
In a dungeon you've not yet seen.
"Tell me young woman.
What is it that you seek?
Freedom?
Well find what you've been missing
We'll finally set you free."
In a dark room, chained to the wall
Out in front stood a mirror
A reflection of myself.
"What does this mean?
What am I missing?"
You see, the mirror shows your weakness.
Mine was my appearance.
I began to love myself and accept defeat.
They let me go and taught me a lesson.
No matter what love who you are.

When the grass is red and the skies are dark.
This is the day that teen made his mark.
Deep within the damp wolf cave he reside
Finding someone beautiful to stand beside
He found a human watching from a distance
He wondered why she stayed in her stance.
No fear was shown upon her face
It was almost as if she knew his race.
He spoke to her softly in his wolf tongue
"Today you will die. A new story has begun."

Friends come and go like a leaf in the wind.
They can throw shade like a flame that goes out.
Once along the darkened field he saw her.
The one who would soon bring light to his world.
She came without ribbons and things made of plastic.
She waltzed right in and turned things around.
They spent what seemed to be years together.
Got married, had kids, you know the works.
Years go by and with each day that passed
The fire within them burned even hotter
His children had children and loved him so
He got very sick and is laying in bed fighting
Surrounded by loved ones his wife grabs him
He slowly takes his last breath as cries fill the air
He then awakens only to find he's stuck.
Back into the life he once hated and destroyed.
This is a darkened story of a man I once knew
This is the legend of The Man Who Woke Up.

Sips of coffee in the early morning.
  Slient monsters come without warning.
  She often wonders what she might find
  If someone were able to tap into her mind.
  She hears the sounds within the night
  Some loving, others filled with fright.
  He found her once lying alone in the dirt
  All battered and beaten with a tear in her skirt.
  He wrapped her up and showed her love
  Without a sound, just a touch, a simple shove.
  She found in him someone true
  He made her into someone new.