Childhood from The Calling by The Dark Horde

(Hanny/Logan/Brewin)

Time is short now, I sense them drawing close.
Whilst blood still flows through these shaking hands,
I will tell you of them, in the hope that someone hears these words
and knows of what is to inevitably come.

I know not how to stop the Dark Horde,
or how to stop the events I have set into motion.
But I doubt it makes any difference…
Mankind is doomed anyway.

It wasn’t always like this. Once I enjoyed a happy life too…
Once I had a life.

My early childhood to the outsider seemed like any other:
a child full of energy, confidence and wonder.
Then, when I was only seven, came the visions.

They were infrequent at first, like intermittent thunder before the storm.
By the time I was eight they were coming to me
not only every night, but every hour of every waking day.
Every child fears the dark, but who’s to believe
that a child’s nightmares could possibly be real?

Mother: “Henry, your father and I are really worried about you lately. You seem so upset. What’s wrong?”

Henry: “It’s the nightmares again… I can’t stop them and I know they’re real!”

Mother: “Oh Henry, my poor little boy! It’s all in your mind. It’s your imagination. They’re just bad dreams, can’t you see that? They can’t hurt you, they’re not real.”

Henry: “But it’s not in all my mind! I don’t know where the dreams come from!”

Mother: “Henry!”

Henry: “They talk in a strange language and tell me what’s gunna happen!”

Mother: “Henry! I’ve had enough of this nonsense! I’m taking you to the doctor. This has got to stop!”

Henry: “It isn’t like any other dream! You don’t understand!”

Mother: “Henry!”

Henry: “You don’t understand! Every day and night I hear them! I see them! I smell them! They won’t leave!”

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