[ IP ] The Return of the Princess

*There is a place that I go to when I dream. There it is always spring and the sun shines down to warm my face. The river that flows besides the path is blessed cool and pure on my lips as I drink. The path follows that river, its way straight and clear. And at the end of this path is a shining city on a proud hill, its walls as white as snow. Within its walls my family waits and welcomes me as I pass through gates of solid jade. And there I am happy, and there I am safe, and fear nothing, for I am in the bosom of my people. * 
 
 But then I awake, and dream fades to nothing as I rise to face the day's struggles. How I long to fall asleep forever, that blessed oblivion grant me release. I wish to go home...
