The Shadow Fight

I lead two lives
One when I’m awake
The other
In my dreams

In one
I meet my loved ones
Free of disease and decay
They come and go
At their own free will
While I drift along clouds
Travel to nowhere land
Bound by neither time
Nor space

In the other
I’m choked by routine
Stifled by deadlines
Time rules
Space dictates
And I try to resist
With a forever longing
To be free…

Always in a dilemma
I seek the real me
The true version
Only to realize
That I counter shadows
Battle illusions
Whether awake
Or in dreams