Ally of Darkness
I'm dying
I remember thinking that
Still questioning it when i woke up crying
Drenched in sweat
It was a bad one tonight
Those never fail to linger the longest
The ones I can't fight
Where I'm never the strongest
Twenty-four, still the darkness scares me
It's the ally of nightmares
Helps them crawl back in
Together, an unmistakable and inescapable pair
Blankets, dragged over my head
A blockade for enemies
As if that could stop them
They trample through it with impeccable ease
Our fears they know
At our desires they smirk
Laughing at our blissful dreams
While planning the ones they know will hurt
Always about death
Usually not my own
Ones i care for and love
In the end, leaving me completely and utterly alone
This one, this one was different
They know death is not my fear
Instead they tortured him
His eyes i watched beg...his screams i still hear
Finding him was only a matter of time
In my dreamland he always awaits
I meet him there often
So they used me as bait
A heroic fool he was
Chasing me into darkness
They knew he'd come for me
Not knowing, towards me, they're harmless
I escaped their grasp
Knowing already i was too late
The life seeped from his eyes
To them, this was his fate
They forced me to watch
Then allowed me to live
Knowing the paid I would feel
I would wish i was dead
A lover in my dreams
Couldn't wait to meet him there
They felt my love for him
Now he'll never escape my nightmares
I can't let them have him again
So fighting sleep I'll try
I'll be stronger this time
But it'll only fuel their fire
How do you kill a nightmare
Decidedly demons
What other beings so evil
Creep into your mind while you're dreaming
If its a battle they want
It's a battle i'll start
They deserve to be punished
Their evil has nothing over my vengeful heart
My eyelids, oh so heavy
Like the clouds that hold the rain
Here come the shadows in the darkness
Upon me they force their claim
Grasping and clawing like fingers of a beast
Climbing up over the bed
Spilling over me, heavy liquid
They've got me, they're inside my head....
I'm dying
I remember thinking that
Still questioning it when i woke up crying
Drenched in sweat
Copyright © Angela Carpenter | Year Posted 2011
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