Dare I to dream?
To let my life be full
Of this meaning
One calls sleep?

I try.
God knows I try.
Every night
I rest for a moment

And when I awake
Only hours have passed.
My dreams made
Hours in seconds

I must be going insane.
I have to be, look,
Look at my hands
They quiver in fear.

What have I become?
A nightmare of sleep?
A risk to myself?
Am I to blame for this?

My dreams fill my heart
With a joyous sorrow
Were I once slept long
Without vision or sound

Now I sleep only moments
And the voices cry to me
Screaming my name
Out loud.

Are you here to save me?
Could you be my slumber?
No, you’re just another stranger
With the Sandman’s gentle face.

Someone help me find
The one who looks like me
He’s carrying my hope of rest
And he looks like he just died.