adagio
Poem Published
14th Apr 2024 11:12pm
14th Apr 2024 11:12pm
Naked Cold Place
Awakening in this naked cold place
wandering somberly espresso
stained caffeine bleeding red
fading into obscurity's melancholy
haunting my wretched dreams
of fog on the shores of eternal sleep
at the bottom of the demitasse
wandering somberly espresso
stained caffeine bleeding red
fading into obscurity's melancholy
haunting my wretched dreams
of fog on the shores of eternal sleep
at the bottom of the demitasse
#ghosts
#insomnia
#nightmares
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wolfatthedoor1966
Poem Published
14th Mar 2024 9:58am
14th Mar 2024 9:58am
bad dreams
stalked,
those tremors
prepared
the nights
through
sleep,
bad dreams
lay thick
bare pinnacle
shallow
breathing,
shaking in
the thin
air.
.
those tremors
prepared
the nights
through
sleep,
bad dreams
lay thick
bare pinnacle
shallow
breathing,
shaking in
the thin
air.
.
#sleep
#nightmares
#vulnerability
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Namyh
Poem Published
12th Mar 2024 2:17pm
12th Mar 2024 2:17pm
Something Whooshed...!
Something Whooshed…!
On a planet, in a country, in a state, in a town,
on a street where a lampost shines
and the houses, very warm, quiet dreamers in their sleep
like a hush after church bell chimes.
Something whooshed on the wind in the distance.
Something galloped in the lime moonlight
and its wings cut the air into slices of Fear
which it tossed in the night with delight.
And I shivered with a tremble and began to disassemble
with the fright now fused to my bones.
Slices landed on the rooftops, slid across...
On a planet, in a country, in a state, in a town,
on a street where a lampost shines
and the houses, very warm, quiet dreamers in their sleep
like a hush after church bell chimes.
Something whooshed on the wind in the distance.
Something galloped in the lime moonlight
and its wings cut the air into slices of Fear
which it tossed in the night with delight.
And I shivered with a tremble and began to disassemble
with the fright now fused to my bones.
Slices landed on the rooftops, slid across...
#dark
#gothic
#evil
#scary
#nightmares
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fieryangelsouljia
M6rr6g6n
M6rr6g6n
Poem Published
15th Feb 2024 9:47pm
15th Feb 2024 9:47pm
the Feather
Softened and surrounded
bedsheets like a welcome
sorrow that brings me
to sleep
Slumber now, be gentle
nightmares flow
like currents
I'll drown if you
follow their lead
wake me in the blood light,
a moment when the Moon sighs
and watch the tremble
as Her daughter speaks
I'll lay to waste her temple,
words to soak in toluene
burning down the curtains
drawn to keep the monster
from my dreams
Im sorry, I can't hold it-
The wrath that's like a feather
torn from...
bedsheets like a welcome
sorrow that brings me
to sleep
Slumber now, be gentle
nightmares flow
like currents
I'll drown if you
follow their lead
wake me in the blood light,
a moment when the Moon sighs
and watch the tremble
as Her daughter speaks
I'll lay to waste her temple,
words to soak in toluene
burning down the curtains
drawn to keep the monster
from my dreams
Im sorry, I can't hold it-
The wrath that's like a feather
torn from...
#anger
#childhood
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
#nightmares
351 reads
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adagio
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2024 5:36pm
2nd Feb 2024 5:36pm
Between Seams
Between seams beyond dreams tiptoeing in life
listening to the death's creeping obituary draped
in a dark piñata filled with a broken heart
moseying on down to Worm Town in a box
wishing I could have been a bit more rigor
before the Big Guy pulled the friggin' trigger
as moths dance in neon's blinking lights
between seams beyond dreams tiptoeing in life
listening to the death's creeping obituary draped
in a dark piñata filled with a broken heart
moseying on down to Worm Town in a box
wishing I could have been a bit more rigor
before the Big Guy pulled the friggin' trigger
as moths dance in neon's blinking lights
between seams beyond dreams tiptoeing in life
#dark
#nightmares
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adagio
Poem Published
24th Jan 2024 8:32pm
24th Jan 2024 8:32pm
Trapped In, Do Wah Diddy
Dark poetry is but bending the elbow
with broken pieces of memories past
sewn together in torment's flesh
into the midst of forgotten lore
screaming from a grave's imagination
saying it darkly, saying what a friend
with my Bic pen trapped in...
Do Wah Diddy
with broken pieces of memories past
sewn together in torment's flesh
into the midst of forgotten lore
screaming from a grave's imagination
saying it darkly, saying what a friend
with my Bic pen trapped in...
Do Wah Diddy
#dark
#ghosts
#nightmares
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WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
18th Jan 2024 9:45am
18th Jan 2024 9:45am
go back to sleep...
when the nightmares fade
and the fog of time settles in
like an old patchwork quilt
scraps of the past stitched together
in some haphazard kinda manner
blanketing history with a groggy me
muffling the internal screams
until I'm finally able to sleep
unsettled...twitchy...a little uneasy...
but desperate for a respite
a moment's unblemished peace
I lay tensed in a compact ball
occupying the least required space
waiting for sandman's call
listening to the erratic thud of my heart
and the unnaturally loud sound of my...
and the fog of time settles in
like an old patchwork quilt
scraps of the past stitched together
in some haphazard kinda manner
blanketing history with a groggy me
muffling the internal screams
until I'm finally able to sleep
unsettled...twitchy...a little uneasy...
but desperate for a respite
a moment's unblemished peace
I lay tensed in a compact ball
occupying the least required space
waiting for sandman's call
listening to the erratic thud of my heart
and the unnaturally loud sound of my...
#confessional
#insomnia
#PTSD #nightmares
#PTSD #nightmares
245 reads
10 Comments
PleasingDragon
Poem Published
14th Jan 2024 4:27pm
14th Jan 2024 4:27pm
The Ghost Within
In the realm of dreams, once more I beheld,
A solitary night, within shadows dwelled.
Amidst the darkness, elusive and light,
It lurked, playing in the veils of the night.
Vanishing before my eyes, a spectral dance,
Reappearing in dreams, a mysterious trance.
Is it mere imagination, a play of the mind,
Or a tangible presence, elusive to find?
In the vast expanse of the universe, I ponder,
Does the spirit exist, in realms yonder?
Yet, perhaps, when my journey finds its end,
The answers unfold, the mysteries transcend.
A solitary night, within shadows dwelled.
Amidst the darkness, elusive and light,
It lurked, playing in the veils of the night.
Vanishing before my eyes, a spectral dance,
Reappearing in dreams, a mysterious trance.
Is it mere imagination, a play of the mind,
Or a tangible presence, elusive to find?
In the vast expanse of the universe, I ponder,
Does the spirit exist, in realms yonder?
Yet, perhaps, when my journey finds its end,
The answers unfold, the mysteries transcend.
#dark
#scary
#ghosts #nightmares
#ghosts #nightmares
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ConsequentialChaos
Poem Published
7th Jan 2024 10:33am
7th Jan 2024 10:33am
The Sleeping Game
Trees that die, and rot, and fall
Times cruel teeth do gnash and maul
The stench of mold lingers in the air
Mixed with that smell, the carrion's call
Skip and skip, frolick past the dead
As children play with a severed head
Mother Goose's songs sound so fair
Do you feel that creeping dread?
In the empty forest, a piano plays
Slow and soft with a tune that strays
As you approach it, you can only stare
For beside the piano, your casket lays
Some children appear, to help you sleep
One of them asks "Why do...
Times cruel teeth do gnash and maul
The stench of mold lingers in the air
Mixed with that smell, the carrion's call
Skip and skip, frolick past the dead
As children play with a severed head
Mother Goose's songs sound so fair
Do you feel that creeping dread?
In the empty forest, a piano plays
Slow and soft with a tune that strays
As you approach it, you can only stare
For beside the piano, your casket lays
Some children appear, to help you sleep
One of them asks "Why do...
#dark
#scary
#nightmares #horror
#nightmares #horror
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2 Comments
missjem56
Poem Published
4th Jan 2024 00:19am
4th Jan 2024 00:19am
Ingrained
And so now the humans
Are mostly asleep
The ethereal dark creatures
Begin to creep
They crawl the ceiling
And crawl through the walls
Then into our dreams
Where they turn into ghouls
They come also as banjees
And witches, and fright
And formulate nightmares
Throughout the dark night
They whisper dark secrets
Of trauma, and fates
As we then enter
The darkest hells gates
We then awaken with fear
And some kind of relief
Thinking they're just dreams
Of memories, or make belief ...
Are mostly asleep
The ethereal dark creatures
Begin to creep
They crawl the ceiling
And crawl through the walls
Then into our dreams
Where they turn into ghouls
They come also as banjees
And witches, and fright
And formulate nightmares
Throughout the dark night
They whisper dark secrets
Of trauma, and fates
As we then enter
The darkest hells gates
We then awaken with fear
And some kind of relief
Thinking they're just dreams
Of memories, or make belief ...
#dreams
#nightmares
#fear
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fightorflight
Disa
Disa
Poem Published
1st Jan 2024 9:54pm
1st Jan 2024 9:54pm
I wish to own nothing
Flash
What I have
I could lose all I hold in my hands
The ones that for I stand
The earth crumble under me to sand
I see meaning behind all I shouldn't have
Eternal internal no man's land
Nothing I own the way the flashes can
What I have
I could lose all I hold in my hands
The ones that for I stand
The earth crumble under me to sand
I see meaning behind all I shouldn't have
Eternal internal no man's land
Nothing I own the way the flashes can
#shame
#memories
#PTSD #nightmares
#PTSD #nightmares
194 reads
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Grace
IDryad
IDryad
Poem Published
13th Dec 2023 11:16pm
13th Dec 2023 11:16pm
Darkness Shines in His Eye
I in depths of twilight's slumber
saw a dream in its haunting claim
of shadows dancing in evil glee
picking at my peripheral vision
I looked into the depths of the abyss
staring at the realm of nightmares
lost and afraid I prayed so hard
to wake to the comfort of my bed
you looked up at me from below
your face contorted in pain and fear
looked into my face with red eyes
hissed your wish to be free
you reached for me with claws for fingers
hatred shone in your bleeding eyes
there is no heaven here only...
saw a dream in its haunting claim
of shadows dancing in evil glee
picking at my peripheral vision
I looked into the depths of the abyss
staring at the realm of nightmares
lost and afraid I prayed so hard
to wake to the comfort of my bed
you looked up at me from below
your face contorted in pain and fear
looked into my face with red eyes
hissed your wish to be free
you reached for me with claws for fingers
hatred shone in your bleeding eyes
there is no heaven here only...
#nightmares
172 reads
7 Comments
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