I Dreamed Last Night
Robin Merrill
I dreamed last night I lived
A helicopter flew over
lowered a rope ladder to the ground
I climbed up and flew away
from my prison
I dreamed last night I lived
I dug a tunnel underground
I crawled for three days and three nights
to escape
from my cage
I dreamed last night I lived
I swam across the ocean
to a mansion on the other side
I swam for countless months
to be rescued
from my island
I sit now in my dusty armchair
In front of the evening news
In a small house
in Poland
I know not why I dreamt those dreams
why I believed
why I lived
I know not why I was a member
of the chosen few
I cannot, however, run from my fear
from my guilt
from my shame
I will never be free
from my hell
I dreamed last night I lived