Dreams

I dream, but I’m not a dreamer.

I just dream.

It didn’t feel like a dream, 

The darkness I witnessed 

Was too realistic.

People toasting with 

Poisonous champagne, 

Serpents creeping leisurely

In this scene. 

I wanted to scream. 

I tried and I cried 

To take me out of this world, 

Not knowing it’s a dream.

I saw boogeymen, ghouls 

And werewolves.

But I was most afraid to see 

Humans.

Corinthian was looking 

Straight at me.

There’s no Sandman to save me.

When it all ended, 

I opened my eyes to see 

What I woke up into…

- Rtr. Inura Dewasinghe