Is this a dream? Tell me it is

A trick by the flick of a hand

The taunt of a paper bird

Over a misplaced grain of sand

Is this a dream? Tell me it is

The cold is cruel but silent

Like tears frozen upon the face

Chilled by this ringing quiet

Is this a dream? Tell me it is

For the rose has lost its petals

It wilts and mourns the loss of one

Never again shall the stem resettle

Is this a dream? Tell me it is

I am surrounded by these mirrors

Who is the reflection, is it I?

Why cannot my eyes be clearer

Is this a dream? Tell me it is

I am lost in a place I know well

When the shield is taken away

It leaves only but a ghostly shell

Is this a dream? Tell me it is

What else could it possibly be

After losing all sense of vision

How then can the shadow see