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.
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Dreamer (Pseudonym) (
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Comments3
beautifully written! thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you so much!
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.
You seem to be describing my night last night as well, restless
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