Sleep

Miss_Dreamer

I can't sleep

For my past seems to be haunting me

Sending nightmares galoping my way 

And I'm afraid their darkness will swallow me whole 

 

I don't want to sleep

So I distract myself with stories

Of honorable knights on white steeds 

And happy endings were the light prevails 

 

I can't wake up 

When the nightmare has me in her grips 

She drags me through my worst memories 

And makes sure I'll never forget how dark I have become 

 

I don't want to wake up

Because when the morning light doesn't dispel the shadow within me 

I fear darkness is all that I am and ever will be 

And that is scarier than anything I will ever face at night.

  • Author: Dreamer (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 21st, 2023 02:29
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Anonymous_Poet

    beautifully written! thank you for sharing 🙂

  • Pop64

    Aah, night, the hours where we do our deepest contemplating and doing that disturbs our sleep patterns and also enters into our sleep, as with the nightmares. Wonderfully expressed and very well written.

  • BlessedbyGod

    You seem to be describing my night last night as well, restless



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