one dream by bly wallentine

remember how life, it took you inside
and then it put you through the wringer and you shriveled and died,
and when the faucet leak grew to an unbearable sound
you pulled yourself up through the plumbing
like a bone from the ground.

can you imagine a life where your heart beats only once?
you never let it loosen a drop of blood
i can't delight in a heaven forever painted with white, white
gunshots and border walls to keep it all the same.

one dream is all we have.
one dream, and we're dreaming it up in pieces.
i can hear you screaming at night from the darkness,
and i cower at the violence.
why all the violence?
when will the nightmare end?

i need to believe that something will change,
that the eternal all in all is not completely deranged,
but i am small in the realm of massive red supergiants,
and when the uniform barks, the bullets bite for compliance.

did we forget the god of terror takes no sides?
now we have summoned a beast of immense regret,
and every child we condemn to an unspeakable fate
will curse our wretched souls that have corroded with hate.

one dream is all we have.
one dream, and we're tearing it into pieces.
i can hear you screaming at night from the darkness,
and i cower at the violence
why all the violence?
when will the nightmare end?

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