Dream of Love, Nightmare of Truth

I had a dream that I fell in love,

Through the maze there was but one ending.

Rows of pink, purple, blue, red roses with no thorns.

A sun that never ceased to shine.

Walking on a perfect white sand beach hand in hand.

In my lover's eyes were the world.

And as my mind rose to the surface,

the smoke cleared, the clouds faded,

I found I was mistaken.

As I awakened,

my pulse quickened,

mind racing,

breathing shakily.

No longer a dream where I fell in love,

but a nightmare of disaster.

True life is no fantasy.