Wake up Dead

"Someday you'll wake up dead!"
That's exactly what they said.
Words swirling through my head.
An idea on which my fears fed.

The way they made it seem,
It'll be similar to a dream.
Focused like a beam,
I'll remember everything.

Yet lying on my bed,
It'll only be in my head.
"Can't do anything," they said,
‘Cause, dammit, you're dead!

In their snare I was caught.
Twasn't something I sought,
Making my life full of fraught.
Really, it was all for naught!

Once I start my long sleep
I'll never get another peep,
‘Cause the darkness of the deep
Will forever my present mind keep!

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