Nightmares
I am afraid to go to sleep
with all the nightmares in my head
what if I wake up dead?
Who will be there to save me?
Who will be there to pinch me?
Will I be crushed by a mango tree?
Or chased by a killer bee?
Why isn’t anyone waking me up?
Tears spill out of my eyes
As the day gathers it’s dark skies
Why do my dreams haunt me?
Why don’t my dreams let me go?
When will they let me rest
deep down low in my lonely soul?
Why does this happen to me?
Why can’t my dreams be filled with joyful noise and glee?
Why am I like this?
It might just be my anxiety chasing me
What did I do to deserve this ?
I will never have a true moment of bliss
The dark circles under my eyes
Make me seem more like who I am in my sleep
A living corpse who voice is hoarse
and dreams are terrifying.
When I was a little girl
I never believed dreams could come true
but then I remembered that nightmares are dreams too.
Your poem had good descriptions and I really liked the ending.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting look on nightmares and what it feels like to have one. I like the ending as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for having your poem end in a way that isn't unrealistic. Most lives aren't fairy tale lives. Good job with the rhyming- it can be hard to make rhymes work!
ReplyDeleteYour poem was very interesting from start to finish. It was very realistic about how some may think in their nightmares.
ReplyDeleteThe beginning was true about the nightmares because they ARE very weird. I also love the rhyming in here also.
ReplyDeleteI really like how there is rhythm to your poem.
ReplyDeleteYour poem is so realistic and relatable. I like how everything comes together and ou based it upon yourself.
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