Nightmares

i got a call from a friend this morning

     she had a nightmare

                                of ghosts and ghouls chasing her

  i talk to her and calm her down but

during this i thought

             "i wish my nightime demons could seem trivial

        after just talking it through"

 

of course my nightmares aren't of ghosts and ghouls

             and i wasn't asleep either

                                    Because reality hurts worse.

   i'm stuck with them forever

                        these wounds of the heart

                       with no medicine to cure them

       they are here to stay

 

my ghosts of my past

       are the ones that haunt me

                       the ghouls that loved me

          chased me through the dark

                           the ONE who loved hurt and wanted me

      leads them on their hunt

 their hunt to hurt.

 

to think of it, that day,

     and to feel the rest

                    In my sleep and my thoughts

  is my own private torture

           and they all say "its all your fault"

        and it was

           it really was.

 

so she is cheered

      and goes on with life

  but im still here

                 for no specific reason

             and i ask myself silently

         "why?"

     why indeed?

Reviews

[shythatway]

I'm not sure why I fell down on this one.. But. I liked what you did with the lines, it went well with the theme. The only good thing about bad dreams is that they do go away in the morning, real life nightmares need a different form of waking up..Thanks for sharing.

[Amina.]

Beautiful!
I like the way you compare the "ordinary nightmares" of your friend to your nightmare... Very different kinds of nightmares they are...
Very well written.

[Adela Muresan]

Nice format.
Yeah, it's not easy to face the ghost of past failures but desperation doesn't help.
Great flow, I liked it a lot---> you have style.

A.M.

[jumbie's #1 fan]

i hope i wasn't the caller of the nightmare. dang kitty boy.

[Lestat's daughter]

Dark, I like it a lot.