Nightmares

Nightmares, nightmares everywhere!

I go to sleep and they’re just there!

Wondering their origin?

Abuse received by a kin!

The light stays on, the room is bright,

So I don’t jump in the night!

When I wake from a nightmare,

Standing up the prickly hair

On my skin, its abnormal!

The fear I feel proportional,

To a person with a gun

Being poised right up against their skull!

Again, I lay awake, in bed,

Praying for ‘normal’ dreams instead!

My imagination, too good for me!

Please nightmares, just leave me be!

 

Nightmares, nightmares everywhere!

Startled awake, sit up and stare,

The light still on, the room still bright!

The daemon gone, well out of sight!

I rest my weary head with woe,

Nightmares they, pop up and show,

No matter how good my sleep hygiene,

I always wake up to a scream,

My skin I touch, feeling relief!

Overcome with the belief,

My dreams were just attacking me!

Please nightmares, just leave me be!

 

Nightmares, nightmares everywhere!

Cold sweat showing the true scare,

The so-called dream I feel instilled,    

A fear of sleep, into me drilled,

My core belief to sit and cry,

Tear freefalling from my eyes,

At the content of my dreams,

My younger self inside me screams,

Begging me to run and flee!

Please nightmares, just leave me be!

 

Nightmares, nightmares everywhere!

Waking up, my teddy bear,

The only sign of true comfort,

As my face recalls the dirt,

Locked in the boot of his car,

The scariest thing I’ve felt so far!

His evil laugh standing outside,

I drop to the floor, to run and hide,

That sensation, of feeling trapped,

Justification apt,

Finally scrambling off the floor,

When a nurse comes to the door,

Encouraging me back to bed,

I heed her words and, in my head,

I look around the room and plea,

Please nightmares, just leave me be!

 

Nightmares, nightmares everywhere!

Each the same, I should compare,

The content of the dreams that I,

Experience each night and why,

Does every nightmare seem to have,

An order around him? I stab,

The pillow using my bare fist,

My anger urging me to persist,

My pillow waiting for instruction,

I continue with the destruction,

Pretending its his face that I,

Beat and beat, well at least try!

To pummel him into submission,

Looking for the permission,

To crawl into bed and finally,

These nightmares decide to leave me be!