Nightmares

They follow you
Like bats in the night
You can’t outrun them
You can never hide
They’ll be there waiting
Always waiting
For you to fall asleep
For your mind to finally be theirs
You can fight it all you want
Force your eyes to never close
Soon you’ll give in
And they’ll be there
They’ll play with you
Showing what you never want to see
Saying what you never want to hear
Until you beg for it to stop
Pleading for it all to be over
But your mind does not listen
Your eyes do not open
They cannot hear your cries
And you’re forced to see the images
So gruesome and bizarre
Your feet try to carry you away
Try taking you from the nightmares
But they follow you
They’ll always follow you.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 12/17/2013 10:26:00 PM
Sorry for the late warm Welcome to the soup... Tahnee, Your first poem on the soup is excellent for the readers!! Welcome to poetry soup. Wishing you the best when it comes to your poems. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 12/5/2013 12:36:00 PM
Tahnee, this speaks many volumes. We've all been there...but, what we take from these nightmares is another story. This was deep stuff. Well done!
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Date: 12/4/2013 6:42:00 PM
Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I'm looking forward to reading everyone's poems and posting even more of my own.
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Date: 12/4/2013 3:48:00 AM
- Welcome to P-Soup, Tahnee ! - Nice to read your first poem here. - Hope you will have much pleasure to be with us. - Wishing you good luck - have a nice day! - (Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours). - My first greeting to you from Norway. - I will come back to read more.... another day :) - oxox / /Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 12/4/2013 1:49:00 AM
Tahnee, woe! very deep, reflector. .., I like your first poetic piece on the site , A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. Dropping by to invite you to my latest contest. You will find the contest page on the top left hand side* -Looking forward in following and reading your poetry. Hope to hear from you soon. You will enjoy the community, we are one big happy family. (Drama & Love. LOL) ~ Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 12/3/2013 9:04:00 PM
nice poem i like it and feel the same way all i have is nightmares every night and im not an adult im like 11 years old and hpoe you like my poems :)
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Haley Ellis
Date: 12/3/2013 9:04:00 PM
i meant hope not hpoe
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