Innarenko

My family's gone; there's no one home.
It's only me who's home alone.
I shouldn't hear a single squeak.
There shouldn't even be a creak,

So what's that thumping that I hear?
It must mean one thing: death is near.
"You're an adult, you'll be just fine."
I tell myself as I dial "nine"...

Was that a knock upon the door?
My heart beats faster than before
I know it's closed; I've checked the lock.
At least my killer knows to knock?

I cannot sleep, though I'm in bed.
I've made amends with God instead.
If He decides that it's my time,
Then this will be my very last rhyme.

I hear a bang and then a break.
My head shoots up; there's no mistake!
I turn my music volume high
So I won't hear the way I die.

I run upstairs, desk lamp in hand.
Over my head, ready to land,
And right before it did just that..
I remembered - I have a cat

I woke atop a bed of green,
Enveloped in endless blue
Honey rays danced over me,
Melting the morning dew.

Poppies all around me blushed
In scarlet and merlot,
Daffodils and daisies peeked
Beneath the thawing snow.

I danced among the emerald hills,
Tasting the wind's sweet sighs
The rhythm pulsing in my chest
With nature - harmonized.

I feared that I was still asleep
And all this, but a dream
And if it was, I prayed I'd wake
Atop a bed of green.