Sleep's Menacing Side (Updated)

by Russell   Dec 3, 2005


I feel so tired
But I hide the fact
I can never go to sleep
For fear of attack

A dark shadow in the corner
Turns into a face of fear
Looking eye to eye with this foreigner
My feeling of safety begins to disappear

The attacker only stalks in dreams
He always attack in my sleep
Every time nobody hears my screams
But this secret I must keep

Night after night this occurs
Until I can time the arrival
My line into insanity blurs
As I fight for survival

Why wont you go?
You've killed me in my sleep
There are no physical marks although
The emotional ones run deep

You took my youth
and you took my soul
I am telling the truth
and now from your pain I am on parole

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  • 18 years ago

    by Meggie33

    Its deep, scary, different, unique, yet amazing! i loved it, keep writing, you are very good!

    **meggie**

  • 18 years ago

    by Ashlee

    This poem was really good and really emotional

  • 18 years ago

    by Anna

    Hey I don't think it's necessary to make it longer! I like it!
    Keep on writing!

  • 18 years ago

    by t i f f a n y ♥

    This is a great poem. Again, I think you could make it longer, but I think that's only because I always write longer poems, like 8-10 stanzas or 36 liners. I really like the third stanza.

    Tiffany.xox.

  • 18 years ago

    by Samantha

    Hmmm... okay... lets see... this was a very good poem... except it lacked a rythm which is something that could be easily fixed... try rereading your poem two or three times and see what I mean... i have read some of your other poems and they are fantastic so i know that you will be able to see what i mean in this particular one... i can tell your a excellent writer so keep up the good work....

    sammie

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