Nightmare Poems - Poems about Nightmare

Twilight Zone

What ruse is so effective
that someone blatantly perverse
can succeed all so easily
to convince one after the other
to give it all up
to trade in their integrity
to renege on their values
to turn their back on any moral compass
to literally sell their soul to the devil

And… have the gall to walk among us
still with their head held high

Susie Q’s Nightmare

As the world unfurls
iN REMbrandt's muddy pastel
Little Susie curls her knees
right on cue, credence that
there's clear water here, a
revival of Hawkins and
Burton's swamp spell

When I tried to leave her
dream, she called back:
'Freddy, come save me'
I know that it's cruel to
replace her, though her
night terrors are negotiated,
I awaken her fears

Nightmare

Seeping and crawling came my fear.
I couldn’t see it very clear.
Tension mounting as it came near,
Transforming it into a tear.

Anxiously waiting, couldn’t hear,
My eyes were staring with a leer.
Then I felt it, it seemed so clear.
Arriving quickly, it was here.

Shimmering, I felt it unfold.
Negative thoughts had taken hold.
Anguish entered into the fold.
I’ll get the light;

Peace of Mind

In the mere blink of a nightmare, I found myself rechained 
and trapped where my peace of mind had once before 
collapsed.

The die has been cast, an old challenge from the past, one 
I thought long ago smashed, has incited another battle and
painfully thrashed my peace of mind like collateral damage 
to aloofly leave behind.

It’s

If Not For Love

If Not For Love
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 18

The little child who cries,
brushing sleep from startled eyes,
might not have awakened from her dreams
to fill the night with plaintive screams
if not for love.

The little collie pup
who tore the sofa up
and pleads here in a mournful crouch,
might not have ripped apart the couch
if not for love.

And

I DREAM

As my body shakes violently,
                      In the midst of sound sleep;
                       

The Stairway

Deep in a wood both dark and dreary,
I stumbled on til beyond weary,
Seeking the path that brought me in,
Finding it not my hope grew thin.
When before me burst into sight,
A mystery in the fading light,
Arising from the forest floor,
Out of place even more,
Than the silence and the still,
Though summer held I felt a chill,
For a

Heavy

My terror grows with each passing night,
As slow, steady darkness steals away sight.
Footsteps and whispers add to my fright —
Is there an end to such desperate plight?
How long, too long, till dawn’s early light!
I clutch my candle in trembling hand,
And watch the shadows dance to understand
What I envision as its light expands
Through the room and

My Nightmare

I remember the night he tore me from light,
From the home of a friend to the jaws of the night.
A grip like a vice, no mercy, no grace, 
My head in a whirl, blood drained from my face.

He cursed as he dragged me by handfuls of hair,
Shoved me toward steel with a murderous glare.
He swore

Of A Confused Nightmare Dream

Of A Confused Nightmare Dream
(A Thought Provoking Tanka Trio)

Is sleeping dreamless,
Short-lived life’s resurrection,
Or death’s fantasy?
Can living fake its own death
In confusing nightmare dreams?

I thought I was dead.
Do the dead have dreams of life
Or just it’s nightmares?
Irrespective of it all,
It all seems so confusing:-

In life’s awareness,
Sleep can be as confusing,
As “the living dead”:
Is it possible for

Nightmare

Dark
         shapes
       twist and
      crawl in the
    corners of my
   mind. Silent
    whispers fill
     the air, cold
    and choking.
  

Nightmare of falling

Eye's closed fast asleep in a nightmare  I am breathing deep

Decending spinning never hitting the ground

I am trying to Scream but I'm making no sound.

Voices that taunt me they come from my past

I can't see their faces as I am Falling to fast 

I reach out for something to help stop my fall

I grab

Nightmare

Myriad of wired scenes consumes me
Stained by Hades , shadows lurk 
Within a lunar widescreen of a dream---
Voices raking with madness...lost
On phosphorus wisp of evening

Despite frail  light in the shade-
Bleak visions cascade on damp floor
Ghastly these shadows crawling
Through serpentine weaves , as if
To pluck my soul, their angst unreleased:

I slither into deeper caves of

Nightmare

In my dream the deception was deep,
This girl was healed through the enemy,
And everyone believed that this healing came from God,
She was showing proof that her sickness was gone,
She was passing around a rope that was plated in the middle with gold,
But the rest of the rope looked rugged and old,
I knew it looked strange

claimed voice

I had a dream last night. When I looked into the mirror, I was wearing a denim mid-skirt with boots, and a dramatic yellow top with feathers—things I would never wear, least of all on a steaming summer day. I looked around and found myself on the dock, where my grandparents live in Keelung, Taiwan.

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