Paikin's Song

And He Awoke

And he awoke
In the dark dark place
Feeling dirty and dusty
Wishing oh so much
That he was where
He'd so long been

But he answered the call
As had been the plan
So many years before

Though it wasn't supposed to be
Such like this
Where he was beaten
Before he had the chance
To gain into
The Second Chamber To The Left

So what had gone wrong
He really didn't want to know
But a burning need there was
Oh flickering in his head
And he knew himself
That yes he needed
Oh needed to know as what
Had turned it so bad

Only he was not
Where he needed to be
To make that real
Which meant long it would
So gnaw at him
That the time ahead
Could only be worse
Than Thote so hoped

Charles Petrie