Did you ever have a nightmare

Did you ever have a nightmare

Wake up in a cold sweat

Blood pounding in your head

Afraid to get out of bed

More afraid to remain

Under the covers

Than to touch the floor

Just two steps to the door

Did you ever live in fear

Of a voice in the dark

Or a poke from a gun

Being ordered to run

When a rifle was raised

And held steady

As you cowered

Still wet from when you showered

With all the others

Sisters and brothers

Who would have died

Before they realised

They could wake up

From a dream

If only they could scream

Were they cowards

For believing they had no choice

When nobody heard their voice

Was it wrong to be afraid

When the nightmare

Came to call

To shiver in fear

And still stand tall

Makes you the bravest of all

An evolutionary leap

More structural than skin deep

It is only a fool

Who would deny fear

When death stalks

Their dreams

Stifling the screams

Of a cruel world

It is how to survive

Stay alive

And be free

To agree or disagree.