The eyelids flicker
Within the dream
Its haunting melody
In distance breathes
With jagged words
Upon each lie
Dimension reaches
The inner eye.
Ruined mansions
With crowded rooms
Fierce skies
Blood red moon
Footsteps close
Out of view
A nightmare grips
Its hold on you.
Unknown pathways
Observing eyes
Many shadows
Passing by
Half familiar faces
From long ago
Peering looks
Unearthly glow.
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nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) (
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An unsettling description of darkness. Nicely imaged my friend
much appreciated, thanking you for read
My pleasure Norman
This poem moves like a drifting nightmare, where fragments of memory and shadow blur into something unsettling and half-recognized. The imagery carries a quiet tension, as if the mind is trying to make sense of fears it almost understands but can’t fully escape.
thanking you always much appreciated comments friend
So true. I must have had one the other night. My wifey was rousing me from croaking in my sleep. lol
We have all been there lol thanks and appreciation
Welcome my friend 🙏🏻🕊️
Good write N. Ahh, you had a nightmare of a ghost bus. Then woke up and found it was true. Doh! lol.
yes, the phantom known as the no 7 lol
lol. Is it always the No 7?
thats the most common tho I have seem a no 6 in nightmares lol
lol
What a haunting piece, Norman. The gradual descent from vague unease into full psychological terror is masterfully handled...and that sense of distorted familiarity makes everything even more disturbing. Outstanding work, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
much appreciated my friend, thanking you
The poets wanders through the underworlds holding a torch of darkness ...
we do indeed my friend, thanks for read always appreciated
Yes I have had such experiences too. A good description ✌️👌
thanking you, much appreciated
You are welcome 🙏🏼
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