I lay in the road and I dreamt,
I felt the rumble of the cobbles,
I heard the sudden shouting near,
But I didn't move to sit or run.
Why, I thought, escape this fate,
Why try again to survive alone,
Why watch others smile, and cry,
And so I lay and waited,
Then once the cart had passed,
Then sat I up and waited more,
Then heard their screams as whispers,
But no calm did I feel that I expected.
I woke and stared around my room,
I saw the emptiness and quiet,
I felt no comfort, I felt alone once more,
And realised then the truth.
Not complete, not a whole am I,
Not warm or tender, nor beauty,
No grace, no spark, no light in I,
And incomplete i'll stay forever.