My thoughts clog as knots
As I walk through the dark wet alley
Soon my eyes get caught
Within a dreamful valley

I pinch myself to keep awake
It's unreal to my conscious mind
I know it's all fake as I am awake
To route myself on a real find

Each step, changes the atmosphere
It's funny how it captures my feelings
From being unconscious and prone to fear
The guardian willow is unseen as I am kneeling

Now I am sure, it's a dreamland inside my head
I must have hurt myself bad to come to this extent
What was the last thing I did or read?
A gust of smoke blew off and everything just went

In my full conscious mind, I pick myself up
The alley was quite slippery coz of wet mud droll
I fell with a great bump facing above
What a dreamland? Oh, what a fool!

Soaked in muddy splashes I recall my thoughts
Creeping behind me was a cloud of dark smoke
With a walking stick and a coat with spots
It walked beside me, as we spoke...


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