Seeing Is Believing

Based on a dream.

When I saw you there,

Face-down on the operating table,

How odd it seemed to me

That they had opened you up

From the back.

 

Your organs: lungs, kidneys, liver and spleen, and

Coils and coils of intestines,

Arrayed about you, and a

Gaping great hole

Gouged right the way through.

 

I cannot for the life of me

Understand why it was,

Amidst all of the horror and gore,

That I walked up

And put my head right inside it.

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

And here was I thinking I had strange dreams when I was killed reservoir dogs style in a red lighthouse when I found out my wife was an alien thought control robot...but yes my friend, your brain certainly doesnt slow down when you go sleepy byes.
Very intense and descriptive, dragging the reader into your nocturnal vision.
Maybe one day we will understand dreams, but I doubt it.
Superb and chilling words.

[Zugzwang]

Thank you, kind Sir. I have been killed a few times myself, actually. The one I remember was the shotgun blast to the head, over and over again. That was a while ago now. Anyway, yes, I have weird and disturbing dreams. Gives me something to write about. Big plus!!

[Firebird]

Alternatively it could maybe have been from a memory of some survival programme in which a desperate person climbs inside a carcass for protection.

[Zugzwang]

That is truly gross...like that bit in The Empire Strikes Back when Luke Skywalker climbs inside the beastie in the snowstorm.

[Firebird]

Yup..I watched that the night before last. Gotta watch them all before the new one comes out :-))

[Zugzwang]

Star Wars. Twas great when I was a kid but now all I see is marketing and hype. Call me a cynic....

[Firebird]

You can ignore the hype and just enjoy the film. That's what I'm going to do.

[Zugzwang]

Fair enough!

[Firebird]

If it was someone you know maybe you were trying to come to terms with them and understand them. Also maybe you disliked them enough to want to see them in that state. I hope your dreams are sweet tonight:-)

[Zugzwang]

Thanks, Firebird.
Who knows? Not sure who it might have been, it could have been anyone! read moreThanks, Firebird.
Who knows? Not sure who it might have been, it could have been anyone!
Thanks, fingers crossed for tonight!