eventide

i had a dream
which was not all a dream
the bright sun was extinguish'd
and the stars did wander

i too had a dream
i was a king, and my reign was ending
through an invasion
and all my captains and friends had left
i was alone in this big house

and i knew that i was supposed to pack up my best weapons
and leave as well, to join them, and to be ready to fight

but i was still there.
so at last, after a shower perhaps, i started gathering arrows
for my quiver
great hand fulls of them
which had belonged to a great knight perhaps
when suddenly they entered

the enemy, a king himself, with a huge entourage of
fighters and ladies and so on
and they approached me, weapons drawn, "he is the king"
and i was afraid, and i qquickly said

hey, im cool. you are welcomed here
i dont care, one reign or another
its all the same to me

and so i was hanging with these guys as they got settled
chatting up their women
and it ocurred to me how, one hour earlier and i would have

been gone. maybe killed on the highway, or at least
would have had to fight some bloody war with
arrows in my belly, or his, either way, what a mess!

earlier i was in another war, a soldier
hiding behind my desk in school
under attack

life does indeed feel pretty battle-like these days...