My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.

If you prefer smoke over fire
then get up now and leave.
For I do not intend to perfume
your mind's clothing
with more sooty knowledge.

No, I have something else in mind.
Today I hold a flame in my left hand
and a sword in my right.
There will be no damage control today.

For God is in a mood
to plunder your riches and
fling you nakedly
into such breathtaking poverty
that all that will be left of you
will be a tendency to shine.

So don't just sit around this flame
choking on your mind.
For this is no campfire song
to mindlessly mantra yourself to sleep with.

Jump now into the space
between thoughts
and exit this dream
before I burn the damn place down.

A person who finds nothing good in this world has reached to the drastic level of awakening.

A person is in reverie if s/he doesn’t find it scary as how the world is shaping up all-around.

This is an awakening for me, ... I didn't even know who Peter Vallone was.

It's almost like a great awakening, I would say.