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I Am Dreaming

And it didn't go well.

By Silver DauxPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
I Am Dreaming
Photo by Aldebaran S on Unsplash

For the first time, I am dreaming.

Swallowed whole by the nebulas

Staining like spilled ink in the whites

Of eyes that are too wide, too open

To be anything other than terrified.

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For the first time, I am screaming.

And it's razors down my throat,

Dragging truth and steel across

The soft nothings that come with

This new, fresh act of dreaming.

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For the first time, I am dying.

The world is shrinking around me

And there is nothing left but the nebula

Of impossibilities wrapping long arms

Around me as though its you and it isn't.

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For the first time, I am alone.

Drifting through the empty vacuum

Of a manifested dream that could never be,

A hallucination of purpose,

The simple break of a lucky mirror.

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About the Creator

Silver Daux

Writer of the dark! Think of it like flipping rocks, the weird little stories underneath are my jam and jelly. Jam and butter? Just jam. Absolutely no use of AI in any of my works :)

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    Written by Silver Daux