My Little Poems - Ponies with Metal

by Lectuiae

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

Bathing in prismatic light
Awaking free at last
Able to move on my own, I'm back in control

Only blurred memories left
Glimpses of the past
In my dreams I still walk the surface of Moon

I saw my home
From where I stood
What once was my home
From my thousand-year room
Isolated on the Moon
Locked within the abyss of time…

A voice echoed in my mind
A shadow reflecting life
Resentful thoughts enslaved my soul, my heart

How did it wish to break free
Torment the world once seen
How did I wish it to leave my soul, my heart

Long years alone
Friendless and cold
Alone with my thoughts
One tormenting soul
While my spirit roamed the Moon
Locked within the abyss of time…

So warm it feels to walk on earth
So much it heals to see living world
So much it calms to meet loved ones
So comforting it's to hear those words:
"Welcome home."

Free to return to land
But home is left behind
My yesterday's gone, olden history

Is this my home
It's all unknown
Everything is changed
None left of my own
Everything I knew and loved
Lost in the abyss of time…

Through my banishment's centuries
Gone the world of my memories
From the past I must step forward
Will I learn to love my new home…

Author's Note:

The separate "ending" to the Nightmare Epic.
Ayreon is a progresssive rock opera project by a Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen. While not probably metal in its most technical aspect, I regret nothing. "My House on Mars" is way too cool song not to be used for Luna.

This poem can also be found on dA here.