Guardians Of Atlanta 103
(Sweet Dreams)

The night grew cold incredibly fast,
As darkness closed around them.
William took the first night watch,
As Amira was off in dream-land.

The night fires blazed
As familiarity burned,
And every single soul was equally concerned.
The Eclipse hanging between
Themselves and the sun,
In dreams of frayed memories,
Would they be undone?

As Amira’s mind melted into a dream,
She saw a dark and confusing scene.
Her sister, in a white dress, five feet off the ground,
Meditating and humming, with soft, low, sounds.
She saw the gun wound on the side of Shruti’s trachea,
That had years ago took her life,
And now the whole area-
She floated and burned in black shadows ablaze.
And Amira stared at her, lost in a daze.

Shruti opened her eyes and smiled quite wide.

Shruti: “Hello, Amira. I’m glad you’ve arrived-
To see my ascension, and my becoming.”

Then she continued her ominous humming.

Amira: “What are you talking about, Shruti?
What are you doing here?”

Shruti: “The balance of good and and evil is shifting.
But it will return when the sands of time stop sifting.”

Amira: “I have so much to tell you!
About my recent fate,
About William and the Guardians,
And about my newfound faith.”

Shruti: “I’m glad you’ve found an inner peace.
In Christianity of all things!
But nothing will be able to stop her,
When her siren song she sings.”

The night fires blazed
As familiarity burned,
And every single soul was equally concerned.
The Eclipse hanging between
Themselves and the sun,
In dreams of frayed memories,
Would they be undone?

In a room filled with letters
Right up to the brim,
Bobby Carter sat paralyzed
Unable to move limbs.
He heard a door open,
And the letters tumbled out
Into a room with roses
And a girl he knew all about.

Bobby: “Tamara?” Bobby asked,
“What are you doing here?”

Tamara: “Now now, Bobby,
There’s no reason to fear.”

Her beautifully dark skin shimmered in red light reflecting off rose petals.
The zeal in her eyes was youthful and bright like two shiny onyx pebbles.
Bobby stared as she beckoned him forth, and took his hand in her own.

Tamara: “You don’t have long now, Bobby Carter.” she said,
“You’re in the danger zone.
But while we’re alone, try to enjoy it.
She can’t hurt us here.
Retreat in me. Forget your life.
Let hope disappear.”

The night fires blazed
As familiarity burned,
And every single soul was equally concerned.
The Eclipse hanging between
Themselves and the sun,
In dreams of frayed memories,
Would they be undone?

A cry flew from William’s lips
And a voice came, unknown.
The sound of a baby’s cry
From William’s lips had flown.
He opened his eyes slowly
As a voice calmed his screams.
But what he saw next
Made him realize it was a dream.
The voice he heard was an echo
Of his earliest days.
A song from Mother’s voice
But it wasn’t his Mother’s gaze.
As a toddling infant-
His eyes stared up at Amy.
Who held him close to her
And sang these words to him quietly.

Amy: “O’er the hills to the Mountain you came
To fight for her and end her pain
Yet there’s more you do not know.
You must be strong, William,
To defeat this foe.”

She then kissed William to bid him goodnight.

Amy: “No matter what, William, Stand and fight.”

The night fires blazed
As familiarity burned,
And every single soul was equally concerned.
The Eclipse hanging between
Themselves and the sun,
In dreams of frayed memories,
Would they be undone?

Cyrus sat in a boat with Connor,
Her fiance who had passed away.
They fished while she cuddled up to him,
And their boat underneath them swayed.

Connor: “You know I’m always watching you.”
He said as he stroked her hair.

Cyrus: “What’s it like in heaven, Connor?
What’s it like up there?”

Connor: “The machines are coming, Cyrus.
They are coming into view.
Just remember this, Cyrus:
I’m always watching you.”

Cyrus’ power seized up inside her
And she had to let a lightning bolt go.
It struck the boat they were sitting in,
And she was caught in the undertow.
She paddled and pulled and pushed herself
Up to the water’s surface,
But when Cyrus viewed the pond’s shore
What she saw made her nervous.

Connor stood there on the bank,
With an otherworldly stare
He made no move to help his love.
No, he just left here there.
Cyrus went under once again,
Then quickly bobbed back to air,
But when she resurfaced she was shocked to see
That someone else was there.

The eyes had not moved from where Connor’s were,
And Cyrus’ mind was doing back flips
For now she knew why Amy looked so familiar.
Connor’s eyes were embedded in Eclipse.

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