There was a Panda in his room
Ready to fall asleep
He wrapped himself up
Hugged his bed
As he counted all his sheep

The sheep jumped by one by one
As he watched the setting sun
The moon would rise
Stars shine bright
As the night time had begun

He rests his head on his pillow
He lays there all alone
In the warmth of night he falls asleep
As he pays his daytime loan

His mind goes dim, as his dreams awake
And he's in a pitch black room
When in front of him a bubble forms
One the size of his head
Past him it begins to zoom

The Panda half walks half crawls to where the bubble lay
Afloat in the air
Suspended above
He raises his voice to speak for it to come
But when his mouth opens, he doesn't know what to say

The bubble sits there laying in wait
Waiting for him to reach
So the Panda puts up his outstretched arm
Reaching for what he thinks would give him great joy
But what he finds is alarm

As he reaches and touches the bubble
The bubble begins to shake
It waivers and pops and rains down debris
And yet he doesn't wake

The Panda looks down
With tear stained eye
He sees the puddle below
And to the bubble he waves good bye

In this puddle left by the bubble
He sees his reflection glow
He sees his face, his tear stained eye
He wants to be set free
But for this little Panda, waking up is slow

Here a creature lurks below
In shadows of evergreen
Constantly surrounded
By trees, rocks, and green

This creature lives in solitude
As below the sky it thrives
It grows in height and grows in age
It grows in antler size
But most of all it grows up inside
As it grows with morning dew

This creature is no antelope
Or moose of the great up north
It simply is a caribou
A traveler of abroad

The caribou is in the green
It has aged an awful lot
So in the green it finds a tree
And its antlers it will shed

Here is a creature in the Green
The green of forest groves
It lives in peace and eats its cloves
As in the forest it grows

This creature grows tall and strong
As is grazes on the grass
It lurks below the shadows
As forever it will last

Unoticed by most who pass on by
Unseen by those you don't care
So lurking in the deep dark green
A lonely life it will share

Here I am on a raft
I'm paddling quite hard
The rushing waters push me back
The wind is on my side
Will i ever reach the mountain
Where this stream has sprung
Or will i be cast back down
To endlessly float in the towering waves
Of the deep blue ocean.

I was once in the ocean
Floating aimlessly
I once was lost in despair
With tears that will never be seen

For the ocean is all water
No one can tell the difference
They just see a big blue mass
No one sensed my distress

But some how through it all
I managed to make it out
Now I'm paddling up river
To the mountain of doubt

My raft is brown
Its made if wood
The oars are wooden too
The river is my enemy
Pushing me away
The wind is my friend
But compells me to sway

I'm soar, I'm hurt
My muscles no longer move
But then ahead, i see the mountain
Where the spring has sprung
And so I push forward
I give the oars a shove

But as I reach the mountain base
It becomes an uphill row
The raging waters are too much for me
I guess I'll forever be below

Below the mountain
Below the goal
I'll never be enough

So back to the ocean I now float
For I can't make it to the top

The top was a place filled with joy
With good water to drink
And friends to be with

But I can't make it, I am all alone
Forever to wander the abyss

I feel afraid, I'm all locked up
I can't express myself
But if I hide how I feel
It makes me feel no hope

Fear has me
It's gripped on hard
I cannot find relief

I'm all locked up
inside a cell
As i stare in disbelief

How? Say its not so
How did we get so lost
I just can't see what's all happened
I'm blinded behind my smile

But my smile never shows
I have no reason for joy
I'm all locked up inside

This prison isn't physical
But it limits more beyond
Its in my mind compelling me
Saying I cannot do what's right

I have no freedom
What do I do
I do nothing
For there is no reason with hope
There is no freedom inside

Im struggling
In frightened, lost, confused, hurt, and sad
I don't know what to do
I feel like nothing but a lost sheep
One that will be found in 14 years.

As I'm laying on my bed
The world around will wake
It will become full of life
And I will begin to bake

But before I am up and begin to bake
I must watch a beauty of life
It is the rising sun above
Relieving me of strife

It's relaxing to watch the colors grow
From darkness to light pink
All I can do is think and dream
Dream of the sunrise, of it think

It's a mood change for me
One for the best
It makes me feel ready and joyful
It makes me feel I've finished my rest

So i rose on up, out of the shadow
Out of the comforts of bed
I go to the kitchen and turn on the stove
I wait till it becomes red

The red hot stove now lights up the room
And the rolls must now be made
They cook real fast and are ready to eat
So now I put them to blade

The taste of them gives me strength
Along with the sight of the sun
All this glory invigorates me
For the day that is to come.

In the night the crickets are loud
The frogs croak as they abound
In the night the birds are asleep
Only bats are to be found

In this night the sun is down
The moon is hiding too
In this night the breeze blows cool
With the mist of sadness blue

The trees are dark and sky is black
No light can be seen
In the darkness I am stuck
Lying in agony

The sun never shines in here
The stars never twinkle
The howl of wolves and casted shadows
Cause my courage to dwindle

I'm all alone in this dark void
No soft voice to comfort
All I hear is resounding fear
And all I see is the darkness of night

I'm lost, no hope
The trail can't be found
I'm wandering to no avail
I'm lost in the dark surrounded by shadows

The shadows project
Monsters galore
Monsters I know all to well
Sadness and lonesome are two I make out, with anger and sorrow next to me

It seems in darkness eternally
Is where my soul is bound
For this darkness is thick
And the air is cold
How could i ever be free from this dark mind trick
Am I ever to be found

There is a key, a key to this world
One few will ever have
This key is plainly visible
Yet we refuse to see

The key is hidden in plain sight
A glow in the dark
But my eyes are clouded and shady
I seem to not see the spark

So my question is whether or not
Should I chose with you to be
Are you the future for me
Or are you sadness set free?