Dreaming Awake with Closed Eyes:

May I see the world
Through your open eyes
For my mirror image has faded

May I whisper words
Of my surrender
For my voice is wasting

I'm out on a limb
Pondering over the depth
Of the fall I'm preparing to take

There's no use sleeping
If you can't dream
Yet it's difficult knowing I'm awake

My whispering words
Must feed to your chaos
Yet my surrender is only so sweet

Before I can fall from the limb
To the world
I must offer you my defeat

I've closed my eyes
Erased the thoughts
Of nightmares and images
Dreams have brought

I've closed my eyes
Long ago
And opened myself
To the unknown

I lay on this limb
Pondering death
Is beneath me merely the end?

I lay on this limb
Paralyzed by life
Wishing this were merely pretend