Asleep in my bed dreaming of you
With every breath that I breathe
I prove this is true
Snoring so loudly I didn't hear
The shatter of glass somewhere near
He came through my window
With one swift kick
Or maybe it was a soft click
Waking with fright
On the calmest of nights
He makes his way to the bed
And places a gun on my head
He orders me to stand
And binds both my hands
"Get down on your knees!"
I hear him decree
He asks where my valuables are
And I answer
"Sir, my only treasure was lost to cancer"
"Shut up!" He says
"I know you've got money!
You must take me for a fool.
Do you think this is funny?"
"No this isn't funny", I reply
"But the truth is I'm a very broke guy
I lost my wife, she was my soul.
Ever since that day
I've never felt whole"
"See, we used all our money
To pay for her care
She went in for treatments
That got us nowhere"
I'm kneeling here now
Seeing no purpose in another day
I wish he'd pull the trigger
I don't want to stay
When he realizes I have nothing
He hits me with the gun
I hear him remark
"Well, boy, it's been fun"
His finger clenches the trigger
I await my fate with glee
Be patient my darling
Your face I'll soon see
I hear the shot before I feel the sting
In that moment I don't feel a thing
Then a thousand volcanoes
Erupt in my brain
Seeing it in the third person now
I look down upon the scene
But what does it all mean?
I see my own head exploding
Covering a picture of us on the wall
In my brain goo
You were always on my mind
Now my mind is on you
I wrote this after watching the dead poets society