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Nightmare of All Nightmares

Last night I had a dream that scared me half to death I found myself running but could hardly make a step My feet were intertwined and my legs gave out I fell hard to the floor and almost passed out As I looked behind me to see what I was running from I see a picture of my past and realized what was to come this picture kept coming toward me staring me right in the eye, as my feet moved faster But I stood still I felt I was going to die But this picture behind me that I had seen Was no cliché monster From the old movie screen, and what did my eyes Find behind me, Me and my lost brother drinking and driving

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 7/18/2009 10:56:00 AM
Wow the ending of this poem is so climatic its amazing. Haunting pasts are so terrible and i understand the trauma it causes.
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