Asides in a Dream

I feel a love in transition    
aching, heart aside    
I feel a love in peril    
oblivious to what is near    

I feel a dream that's hurting    
I feel a desire in there    
But for what is the reason    
that I'm so aware?    

I said I love you    
and you took my ring    
with this vow and with this dream    
we'd never be the same again    

The ring is there    
around your finger    
the ring is here    
in my heart    

But why am I aching?    

In an aside in a dream    
the jester played the fool    
In an aside in our love    
the jester looks familiar    

A whisper in the darkness    
and I call out to your again    
But am I just alone here    
the puppet my only comfort?    

I say I still love you    
I say I still need you    
But I cradle my dolls and babble    
and give into it all.    

In an aside in my heart    
the jester cries out    
he storms through his act    
tears in his eyes    

The crowds cheer him on    
simple clown, simple clown    
A Jester's aside, a Jester's game    
but always the fool.