Sleep
To sleep the dreamless
peaceful sleep of the innocence,
we all once had,
Is now impossible
since the stress and anxiety
we have all been accustomed to,
visit us at night .
It’s not enough
that they plague us
in the daylight hours
Freddie, Jason and Michael
are not as frightening
as the Dark, sinister and hopeless
thoughts and images
that float through our minds.
Images and feelings
so utterly terrible
that the brain can only show
the images in little segments,
Lest we die of fear.