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Nightmare
Darkest of nights I run through the forest,
A tangle of weeds and thorns.
Peering eyes I see in the leaves
Full of hate and full of scorn.
I pant gasping for the sweet breath of life.
I'm tired; muscles ache
Must find my refuge
My life is at stake.
Running so fast
Air too hard to grasp.
I'm not going to last.
Everything I must cast
away from this world
away from the light
Open my wings
And finally take flight.
Above the ground and inch or two
Losing my balance; falling into a whole
Falling, falling, falling,
Where nothing is no more…
Falling tears streaming from my eyes
Each one above my face
Bearing the memories of life's long past
I person, a thing, a creature, a place…
All leaving me to fall.
Losing everyone, everything.
Memories of all I love,
And when I used to sing;
The song of my happiness
Mocking me right above
The song that comforted me
My song of love…
Awaiting my destiny
Where will I fall?
Forgetting my memories
Forgetting it all…
Finally there with a splashing entrance
Copper smell, drowning in a flood.
Take a closer look you fool
The flood is of blood.
Sweet life spilling from me
Its tainted and dark as night.
Losing my senses
Touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight.
Lost all, I am an empty shell and finally free;
Closing my eyes; no more can I bear.
Waking again it was only a dream!
Only a nightmare, only a nightmare, only a nightmare…
