Nightmare

Hello. Have I seen your face?
This is all too familiar.
I can’t erase the thought,
But I can’t seem to recognize.
Sweat dripping from your brow...
Won’t you take some time?
Will you please sit down?
Tell me about your life.

All you know is you can’t stop running away,
Even though you will never find an escape
From this waking nightmare.
Very sad... how hopeless it must seem.
I bet you wish that you never had to
Wake from up your dream to greet the day.

It all came too easily,
Taking it, breaking it piece by piece,
And breaking every vow.
And it’s been fine in the 28 years
Since the dawn of time, I know,
But things aren’t getting better now.

It’s been an hour since you stumbled,
Disheveled, in tatters, through my door,
And landed face down on the floor.
Is this what you’ve learned? Can’t you
See it all now? The tables have turned.
You’re not the person that I knew before.