I. SOMEONE LIKE HIM

I never wanted to become someone like him so secure

Content to live each day just like the last

I was sure I knew that

This was not for me

And I wanted so much more

Far beyond what I could see

So I swore that I'd

Never be someone like him

So many years have passed

Since I proclaimed

My independence

My mission

My aim

And my vision

So secure

Content to live each day like it's my last

It's wonderful to know

That I could be

Something more than what I dreamed

Far beyond what I could see

Still I swear that I'm

Missing out this time

As far as I could tell

There's nothing more I need

But still I ask myself

Could this be everything

Then all I swore

That I would never be was now

So suddenly

The only thing

I wanted

To become

To be someone just like him

II. MEDICATE (Awakening)

A Doctor sitting next to me

He asks me how I feel

Not sure I understand his questioning

He says I've been away a while

But thinks he has cured me

From a state of catatonic sleep

For thirty years

Where have I been

Eyes open

But not getting through to me

Medicate me

Infiltrate me

Side effects appear

As my conscience slips away

Medicate me

Science failing

Conscience fading fast

Can't you stop what's happening

A higher dosage he prescribes

But there's no guarantee

I feel it starting to take over me

I tell him not to be ashamed

There's no one who's to blame

A second shot, a brief awakening


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