Nightmare Insanity

Dorsimbra Poetry Form

Nightmare Insanity

 

I feel darkness: Nightmares out of control

Through the night silent screams heard in my mind

Screams rip open my heart: Tears at my soul

In my insanity nurses are kind

 

 

Nightmare call in the night

Whispering its hot breath

Caught in the moment

Terrified of the night

 

 

I cry too often in the daylight hours

Memories of my night of dreams reoccur

My heart lay open on the doctor’s couch

I feel the darkness: Nightmares here again

 

 

Reviews

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Congratulations for winning the dorsimbra contest!

[Lizanne]

Good description of this trauma of the mind!

[Sister Suzie]

Nightmares and being insane. A scary thought. Did good

[Gheeneil]

A nightmare is never a very good companion at night. It's a traitor. It does nothing but threatens and takes control over a helpless soul. Indeed, it belongs to the darkness.

[Helena]

Very nightmarish write, made me shudder! Excellent imagery and presentation. Well done!

[Brandon]

Wow. I like this piece alot. Very well done.

[Poeticpiers]

Not impressed by Ole and soul nancy

[Frances O'Neill]

The first stanza really made me laugh, especially with the line, "In my insanity nurses are kind."

LOL. Those poor white uniform-clad gentlewomen with TLC for all and sundry entering through

the hospital doors. Maybe, you used the word nightmare once too often.

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Nancy, lines one and three in stanza one must rhyme to fit the abab pattern of that stanza. I would think "again" could easily be changed to something that rhymes with "soul."

[Wicahpi]

Nightmares; dreams I wish to never encounter.
Well done!