Awakening

On a corn husk tick I slept.

Rough boards, windows with no glass.

Through thirsty sleep, dream's visions crept.

Birds fly through and at night bats

I hear them fluttering oer head.

On my pillow they would walk.

On my foot two punctures bled.

Vampire remnants. Morning, six o'clock.

A spider on my bleeding toe.

Bedding lumps, like roots beneath loam.

I felt movement in the husks below,

where rats had made their home.

Twasn't a dream that the mind makes.

Lifting the tick to shake them out.

Not rats, a den of poisons snakes,

that now came pouring about.

Author's Note

A true story from my past but also a metaphor

Reviews

[Ken Simm.]

The reader pictures this atmospheric write in their own experience. For me it is somewhere in the mid west during my hippy travels there. But I am aware it is also personal and has some extra trimmings.

[Soren]

Thanks Ken for the read and comment. Yea actually the place was in Brazil but as you say each person pictures it in their own setting.

[John the Baptist]

I don't know where you were sleeping to encounter such bedfellows, but my guess is it wasn't a five star hotel. Metaphorically, these creatures come across as negative thoughts and memories buried deep in the subconscious. Vermin, especially snakes, are well known archetypal symbols.

[Soren]

I have a cabin in the woods and stay there most of the time. Very peaceful. Thanks for the review John it is well appreciated.

[emmajoygreen]

In my book, this would be the worst nightmare ever. The twist and turn of happenings, creatures and all are a Pandora's box of hell appearing in all its guises. So hope the day, the light - time, converts darkness into at least another view.. and feeling. Powerful words, visual and .. far more.

[Soren]

Thank you so much Emmajoy for the review. There are times that they make me shiver but on the whole I love nature we are a part of it.

[Neville]

it is an absolute honour to be the first to leave a mark here .. I am mightily impressed Soren .. and anyway, what else is a meta for eh' .. Neville

[Soren]

Thanks Neville for your encouragement I thought Me ta for only the bone heap.