A Dream
From the work Snippets and Incomplete Songs of the 1970s
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Composer: Roger D. Linder
Mike was Guitar and Cece was Arden
There was Mom out in the garden
Dad was a figment of imagination
Subject to Jung's final interpretation
This was a dream, one that had me in chains
Trying to find meaning, racking my brain
Images that in no way relate
Sleeplessness being my only fate
Waking in sweat from a story unfolding
Trying to get back to sanity boldly
Wondering if there's a crack in my mind
Wondering if there's a message to find
Night after night I lay down in my bed
Hoping against hope, fearing the dread
Will it be nightmares, will it be nice
Can I control it, do I have a choice?
Working a scheme using some meditation
Will it make sense given some medication?
Only desiring a decent night's sleep
Praying should I die, my soul to keep
The dream still haunts me during the day
Of that I find I really have no say
Only to wake as the memory fades
Going away as in flowing cascades
Commentary
The first two lines were scribbled in a notebook and languished for years as the remnants of an actual dream. Added the rest on 11/25/2024.
From the work Snippets and Incomplete Songs of the 1970s
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