Chapter 11

Eli's Dream

Running through the woods

Run with me Oskar run fast like deer

I hold your hand we must hurry, hurry

I know you don't understand

but trust me don't stop

You are what I need

But not here in the dark woods,

not in the darkness

It must be there, I see it now I can hear it

Where the silver coldness comes down

Where darkness becomes light

That's where I must be with you,

where you could save me

We run towards its power and its beauty

and I'm there now with you

We are within it at last

Where all things are possible

Just us and nothing else

You look at me, you're scared but I say

Don't be, this is the Right Way

the Only Way, Oskar

Take my hands now for the Sun is coming

The Sun is rising it is almost here

The darkness is becoming light and I must see it

But you must say Yes or I will die

I am crying, crying

Please say Yes, Oskar, please

I see it now in your eyes

You understand what I need

for perfection with you

You smile and tell me that you love me

You tell me that you have always been mine to have

You give yourself to me but there is no pain

and I see the Sun, it has risen

But I will not die because

you are now in me and

I am the beautiful light with my Right One

Your love has saved me Oskar

Saved me from darkness

and made me into light

And I love you and

will love you forever