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
434 reads
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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
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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
338 reads
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
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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
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7 Comments
Grace
IDryad
IDryad
Poem Published
13th Dec 2023 11:08am
13th Dec 2023 11:08am
Dark Dreams
are dreams a glimpse of truth....
my slumber begins on the threshold of a dream
pavements yellowed by gangrenous lights
haunting spectres of memories unleashed
by the threads of reality loosen by sleep
you appear flitting in and out of the light
giggling with your mouth wide open
filled with teeth that are yellow and sharp
your fingernails click as you snap your fingers
the midnight garden on unhallowed ground
dripping red liquid from crushed roses
strewn all over the ground petals plucked
and you laugh that evil...
my slumber begins on the threshold of a dream
pavements yellowed by gangrenous lights
haunting spectres of memories unleashed
by the threads of reality loosen by sleep
you appear flitting in and out of the light
giggling with your mouth wide open
filled with teeth that are yellow and sharp
your fingernails click as you snap your fingers
the midnight garden on unhallowed ground
dripping red liquid from crushed roses
strewn all over the ground petals plucked
and you laugh that evil...
#dreams
#nightmares
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Thor_Azine
Poem Published
6th Dec 2023 6:45pm
6th Dec 2023 6:45pm
The World Will Turn
The world will turn
as the matchstick burns.
The stove is hot
so the child learns.
From ash to dust
how the heart does trust.
An iron will
succumbs to rust.
Use it or lose,
the game you must choose.
All by design
bleeding and bruised.
Raped as a child,
thrown into the wild.
Point the finger,
you’re on trial.
The world will turn.
Her whisper will burn.
The room is dark
so the child learns.
as the matchstick burns.
The stove is hot
so the child learns.
From ash to dust
how the heart does trust.
An iron will
succumbs to rust.
Use it or lose,
the game you must choose.
All by design
bleeding and bruised.
Raped as a child,
thrown into the wild.
Point the finger,
you’re on trial.
The world will turn.
Her whisper will burn.
The room is dark
so the child learns.
#dark
#abuse
#nightmares
154 reads
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missjem56
Poem Published
14th Nov 2023 8:29pm
14th Nov 2023 8:29pm
Lucky
The tensions were rising
We were arguing
I don't know about what
I ran outside
The sky was full of planes
I saw one in flames, shot
It was then with horror
That i realised
We were at war
I ran back inside
To shocked to speak, petrified
I collapsed to the floor
The terror coursed through me
This nightmare had come true
The brutality of man
Kill slay, kill murder
Ultimate destruction
As he resorts to his nuclear plan
I knew there, and then
This was the beginning
Of the end ...
We were arguing
I don't know about what
I ran outside
The sky was full of planes
I saw one in flames, shot
It was then with horror
That i realised
We were at war
I ran back inside
To shocked to speak, petrified
I collapsed to the floor
The terror coursed through me
This nightmare had come true
The brutality of man
Kill slay, kill murder
Ultimate destruction
As he resorts to his nuclear plan
I knew there, and then
This was the beginning
Of the end ...
#war
#death
#apocalypse #nightmares
#apocalypse #nightmares
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