Journey

Clickerty-clack, clickerty-clack,
Rumbling -safely cocooned-
Steadily along the black track
My untimely end assumed.

Clickerty-clack, clickerty- clack
The dark cavernous mouth ahead
I stare - black- on -black -on -black
Me lying on my silken bed.

Clickerty-clack, clickerty- clack
The darkness swallowing me down
My screams - silent - my death on track
Hypnotised, cold , deeper - drowned.

Clickerty-clack, clickerty-clack
This tunnel consumes me - body and soul
The odds against me stack
Breathe - breathe - that's my goal!

'Come-hither to me,' 'Come-hither to me'
The reaper calls, the reaper calls
Down, down sinking in the inky sea
My strength, my body falls and falls.

'Come-hither to me,' 'Come-hither to me'
'Breathe,' 'breathe' whispers the breeze
'Breathe,' 'breathe' whispers the sea
'Fight it,' 'fight it'- 'Please!' 'Please!'

There is a light, there is a light
Silken fingers caressing my head
Feathery wings in flight
Lifting my silken bed.

There is a light, there is a light
'Breathe,' 'Breathe' whispers the breeze
'Breathe,' 'breathe with all my might!'
Not my turn to pay the reaper's fees!

Clickerty-clack, clickerty-clack
Safely cocooned - riding high
Life steadily back on track
Tonight was not my time to die!

Clickerty-clack, clickerty-clack
My journey continues - no holding back!