island poems part 4

this is a series based on the Dark Island sequence of VotDT movie.

enjoy!

"It's Only In your Dreams" (part 1)

We approach the island of evil dreams

Where nothing is ever as it seems

Ghosts of things we fear surround us now

We must defeat this horrid Mist somehow

A haunted human voice cries out

In the dark we hear the shout

"Keep away!

You must not stay!"

Edmund shines his light

Into the misty night

A man is on the land

With a sword in his hand

We've found the missing lord

And the seventh sword

But we must get away

Or we'll never see the day

"It's Only In Your Dreams" (part 2)

Lord Rhoop tells us, with eyes unblinking

That anything that we've been thinking

Will become real before our eyes

My thoughts are almost our demise

I rush to the Starboard side

From this I know I cannot hide

A serpent rears out of the sea

It's many eyes look straight at me

Panicked, Rhoop grabs for the wheel

And the ship begins to keel

It's up to me to fight this beast

Or this battle will never cease

"It's Only In Your Dreams" (part 3)

Above the darkness, in the sky

On the Dragon's head I fly

We must go down and save our friends

Of for them it will be the end

But Eustace is deathly afraid

If not for me he would have stayed

I tell him it's our destiny

And from it we can never flee

Down into the dark we go

And it's then that we know

Our foe is bigger than we thought

But this fight has become our lot

Eustace flies at the serpent's head

On his face there is no dread

But the serpent opens it's mouth wide

It's then that I am flung aside

"It's Only In Your Dreams" (part 4)

~Lucy~

The serpent pulls Eustace from the sky

I think he surly must have died

But then I see he's broken free

He breathes and flame is all I see

As the serpent plummets down

Beside me comes a wild sound

Rhoop sees the Dragon, it's him who cried

He flings his sword in Eustace's side

Dragon Eustace gives a cry

And then slowly begins to fly

The darkness swallows his fleeting form

And we're still lost here in the storm

~Edmund~

Again the serpent's head appears

And my heart is filled with fear

Suddenly the serpent jumps

And coils our ship into a lump

If we don't act we'll soon be dead

This island is playing with my head

~Caspian~

It comes to me suddenly 

I see a dark shape in the sea

We'll use the ship as a block

To push the beast against a rock

Edmund runs up to the prow

We have to make this work somehow

I see his light shine in the night

I grip the wheel with all my might

~Edmund~

On the Dragon prow I cling

To my left I see the Thing

I try to draw it with my light

My hands are shaking in my fright

The serpent sees me and moves in

I hear my name yelled in the din

The brute bites down on the prow

And I am truly frightened now

~Caspian~ 

"Edmund!" I scream in shock and fear

Even though he cannot hear

I cannot think what I dread

I'm almost sure that Edmund's dead

"It's Only In Your Dreams" (part 5)

~Edmund~

When at last the beast lets go

The ship starts rocking to and fro

My heart is beating like a drum

And my limbs are going numb

I scramble fast away from there

My back is to the serpent's stare

Suddenly the whole ship quakes

And everything beneath me shakes

I loose my purchase on the prow

There's nothing that can save me now

I've been brave and I've been bold

I hit the deck and I'm out cold

~Caspian~

I pick up Edmund from the deck 

Around us everything's a wreck

I'm glad to see that he's okay

But the serpent still won't go away

It comes again, mouth open wide

Edmund has nowhere to hide

He stands, frozen, in his fear

And my voice he doesn't hear

The serpent goes in for the kill 

And Ed is staring at it still 

"Move!" I yell, pushing him away

He'd have been eaten if he'd stayed

"It's Only In Your Dreams" (part 6)

I am now too weak to fly

Exhausted, I fall from the sky

Below me is a lonely beach 

One that I just barely reach

So I will die here on my own

I have never felt so alone

I close my eyes and take a breath 

Now I will just wait for death 

But then I hear footsteps come near

I'm too far gone to think of fear

My eyes open and then I see

A golden Lion comes toward me

When I look into his eyes 

I know he sees through my disguise

I try to scratch my scales away

But I'm so weak there is no way

The Lion digs deep in the ground

He looks at me without a sound

I feel my scales come ripping free

I rise in the air suddenly

The pain is gone as I fall

I think I have died after all

But then I fall down on my face 

In a cool and shady place

~Lucy~

"Aslan, Aslan, help us now!"

I know that He'll help us somehow

And albatross flies round the mast

And on my face a light is cast

"It's Only In Your Dreams" (part 7)

~Edmund~

I'm growing weary of this fight

And the never ending night

I have all but lost my hope

I grit my teeth and climb the ropes

~Caspian~

The serpent's face is all I see

As I rally the archers around me

We shoot harpoons at the beast

But still this battle will not cease

~Eustace~

I wake to find I'm a boy once more

And that my limbs are no longer sore

Beside me is the seventh sword 

It's from the last missing lord

The Lion saved me and got me through

I know now what I must do

~Edmund~

I climb the rigging in the rain

But I don't know what this will gain

I soon reach the crow's nest

It's there I am put too the test 

Through the Mist a shape appears

An image of my greatest fear

The Witch's eyes look straight at me

And from her gaze I can't break free

~Eustace~

I run swiftly across the ground

On the hill I hear a sound

As I draw close I see the swords

And the enchanted sleeping lords

~Edmund~

"Come with me and be my king."

To sanity I try to cling

But her voice makes my mind confused

All other thoughts I quickly loose

~Eustace~

As I try to reach the table

I soon find that i'm unable

A Green Mist swiftly envelopes me

Pulling me back, making me not see 

With an effort I stretch my arm

This Green Mist only means me harm

And I know I must do this deed

I pull away and soon am freed 

On the table I place the sword

To it's place it's been restored

Blue light shoots into the air

I stare into it's blinding flare

~Edmund~

My sword suddenly glows blue

To my senses I'm renewed

With a cry I face the beast

If I die tonight I'll fight at least

The sword pierces the serpents side

And I know it finally died

Down it falls into the sea

From my fear I'm broken free

~Lucy~

I stare in wonder all about

To the others I begin to shout

The sun breaks gently through the night

And once again we're in the light

"It's Only In Your Dreams" (part 8)

~Lucy~

In the distance comes a shout

Dark Island's prisoners have come out

Gael and her father leap off the side 

And swim to one they thought had died 

Edmund tried to comfort me

We know our cousin fought bravely

If only he had made it too

After all that he'd been through

Behind me someone calls to me

Is it him? Could it be?

Eustace is a boy once more

He's changed from who he was before

~Reepicheep~

I'm glad to see Eustace returned

Many lessons he has learned

Now onward ho! Aslan's Country is nigh

Where the water meets the sky