Love Poem: Awake the Dead!
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Written by: Michael Degenhardt

Awake the Dead!

Within the hearts of all mankind
Lies a silent lamenting scream
Gives not to day, nor reality
It only gives to nighttime dream

For man, he sleeps his days away
Though conscious, locked in his head
It’s time to awaken from dormancy
It’s time to awaken the dead

Stand up, arise, give to the day
That, you wish for in your heart
Allow yourself a new realm of life
Give to yourself, a new start

Live free, be free, dream out loud
Be not afraid to do what pleases
Work through hardship, past the pain
Give to yourself new releases

For in life, you’re not alive, if asleep
You must live your days without dread
Alas, awaken from your weary slumber
Come now alive! Awake the dead!